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Word: litter (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
  • countable The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
  • uncountable Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
  • uncountable Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
  • uncountable Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
  • uncountable Material used as bedding for animals.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
  • transitive To give birth to, used of animals.

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