litter

lit|ter1 [ `lıtər ] noun *

▸ 1 garbage on ground

▸ 2 baby animals

▸ 3 for cat to go to toilet

▸ 4 what animals sleep on

▸ 5 for carrying person

1. ) uncount things such as pieces of paper that people have dropped on the ground in a public place, making it messy:

The park and river are full of litter.

a ) singular a messy pile of things:

the litter of old newspapers on his desk

2. ) count a group of baby cats, dogs, or other animals that are born at the same time

3. ) uncount a substance like small stones that is put in the container a pet cat goes to the toilet in

4. ) uncount any substance that farm animals sleep on

5. ) count a seat or bed made from cloth with long poles, in which an important person or dead body was carried in the past

litter

lit|ter 2 [ `lıtər ] verb

1. ) transitive always passive if something is littered with things, there are many of them in it:

The history of pop music is littered with disputes between songwriting partners.

2. ) transitive if a place is littered with things, they are spread around there:

The room was littered with broken glass.

Paper cups littered the ground.

a ) intransitive or transitive to leave litter in a place