litter
li
ˈlÉĒ
li
tter
tɜr
tēr
/lˈÉĒtɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "litter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœā§āϝ

waste such as bottles, papers, etc. that people throw on a sidewalk, park, or other public place
litter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Volunteers gathered to clean up litter from the beach.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻŦ

a group of newly-born mammals from the same mother
litter definition and meaning
03

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻŖ

material used to provide a bed for animals
04

āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻŋ, āĻĄā§āϞāĻŋ

a human-powered vehicle, typically an enclosed chair or bed, carried on poles by people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During parades, nobles often rode in decorated litters.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϜāĻžāϤāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āύ⧋āĻ‚āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a place dirty by leaving trash or waste scattered around
Intransitive
to litter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
People who litter on the beach endanger marine life.
āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be scattered or left in a messy, untidy manner
Transitive: to litter a space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Papers littered his desk, making it hard to find anything.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āĻĻāϞ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give birth to a group of young animals
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The farm dog littered in the barn, and the pups were quickly adopted.
āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϘāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻ• āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ