Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - litter
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Litter
litter
~1 n 1 bits of waste paper, containers etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place (Please take your litter away with you.) (- compare garbage, rubbish1, trash1) 2 a group of baby animals such as dogs or cats which one mother gives birth to at the same time 3 cat/kitty litter small grains of a special substance that you put in a container where your cat gets rid of its solid and liquid waste (a litter tray) 4 straw (1) that a farm animal sleeps on 5 a litter of a group of things arranged in a very untidy way (a litter of notes, papers and textbooks) 6 a very low bed for carrying important people on, used in former times ~2 v 1 also litter up if things litter an area there are a lot of them in that place, scattered in an untidy way (Clothes littered the floor. | be littered with) (The road was littered with debris.) 2 be littered with if something is littered with things, there are a lot of those things in it (History is littered with examples of failed colonialism.) 3 to leave bits of waste paper etc on the ground in a public place 4 technical if an animal such as a dog or cat litters, it gives birth to babies
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(litters, littering, littered) 1. Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside. If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up... On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter. = rubbish N-UNCOUNT 2. A litter of things is a quantity of them that are lying around in a disorganized way. He pushed aside the litter of books and papers and laid two places at the table. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 3. If a number of things litter a place, they are scattered untidily around it or over it. Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement. VERB: V n • littered The entrance hall is littered with toys and wellington boots... Concrete purpose-built resorts are littered across the mountainsides. ADJ: v-link ADJ prep 4. If something is littered with things, it contains many examples of it. History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father’s disregard... Charles’ speech is littered with lots of marketing buzzwords like ‘package’ and ‘product’. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n 5. A litter is a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time. ...a litter of pups. N-COUNT 6. Litter is a dry substance that you put in the container where you want your cat to go to the toilet. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French litere, from lit bed, from Latin lectus — more at lie Date: 14th century 1. a. a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger b. a device (as a stretcher) for carrying a sick or injured person 2. a. (1) material used as bedding for animals (2) material used to absorb the urine and feces of animals b. the uppermost slightly decayed layer of organic matter on the forest floor 3. the offspring at one birth of a multiparous animal a ~ of puppies 4. a. trash, wastepaper, or garbage lying scattered about trying to clean up the roadside ~ b. an untidy accumulation of objects a shabby writing-desk covered with a ~ of yellowish dusty documents — Joseph Conrad • ~y adjective II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. bed 1a 2. to give birth to a ~ of (young) 3. a. to strew with scattered articles b. to scatter about in disorder c. to lie about in disorder their upside-down hats ~ed the top of the bar — Michael Chabon d. to mark with objects scattered at random a book ~ed with misprints intransitive verb 1. to give birth to a ~ 2. to strew ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a refuse, esp. paper, discarded in an open or public place. b odds and ends lying about. c (attrib.) for disposing of litter (litter-bin). 2 a state of untidiness, disorderly accumulation of papers etc. 3 the young animals brought forth at a birth. 4 a vehicle containing a couch shut in by curtains and carried on men's shoulders or by beasts of burden. 5 a framework with a couch for transporting the sick and wounded. 6 a straw, rushes, etc., as bedding, esp. for animals. b straw and dung in a farmyard. --v.tr. 1 make (a place) untidy with litter. 2 scatter untidily and leave lying about. 3 give birth to (whelps etc.). 4 (often foll. by down) a provide (a horse etc.) with litter as bedding. b spread litter or straw on (a floor) or in (a stable). Phrases and idioms litter-lout = LITTERBUG. Derivatives littery adj. (in senses 1, 2 of n.). Etymology: ME f. AF litere, OF litiere f. med.L lectaria f. L lectus bed ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) выводок, помёт, приплод 2) подстилка – forest litter – ground litter – leaf litter – nesting litter ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. noun 1) носилки 2) соломенная и т.п. подстилка (для скота) 3) помет (свиньи, собаки) 4) разбросанные вещи, бумаги; сор, мусор; беспорядок 2. v. 1) подстилать, настилать солому и т.п. (обыкн. litter down); Are the horses littered down for the night? 2) пороситься, щениться и т.п.; производить детенышей 3) разбрасывать в беспорядке (вещи и т.п.) (тж. litter up/about/around); сорить; I cant possibly clean this room with all your clothes littered about (it)! ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., from Anglo-Fr. litere "portable bed," from O.Fr. litiere, from M.L. lectaria "litter" (altered in O.Fr. by influence of lit "bed"), from L. lectus "bed, couch." Meaning extended 15c. to "straw used for bedding," and "offspring of an animal at one birth" (in one bed); sense of "scattered oddments, disorderly debris" is first attested 1730, probably from M.E. verb literen "provide with bedding," with notion of strewing straw. Litterbug first recorded 1947. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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