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- pronunciation:
- lI
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a mess of waste materials or other objects scattered about.
We cleaned up the litter along the side of the road.
- synonyms:
- jumble
- similar words:
- debris, garbage, hash, junk, mess, muddle, refuse, rubbish, trash
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| definition 2: |
a group of young animals, such as puppies, born to one mother at one time.
- synonyms:
- brood, young
- similar words:
- issue, offspring, spawn
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| definition 3: |
a device for carrying a sick or injured person.
The soldier who had been wounded in battle was placed on a litter and carried to safety.- similar words:
- pallet
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| related words: |
jumble, waste, young |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
litters, littering, littered |
| definition 1: |
to make messy by scattering rubbish or other objects.
He littered the floor with bits of paper.- synonyms:
- clutter
- similar words:
- mess, muddle, muss
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| definition 2: |
to scatter refuse or other objects about.
It is not good manners to litter.- similar words:
- mess
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Litter comes from an early French word for "bed." "Bed" was the first meaning of the word in English, and all of its modern meanings have something to do with a bed.
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