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Litter

Noun

Définitions

1.NounStraw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A bed, especially a pile of straw (sometimes also with blankets) used as a bed.
2.NounA bed, especially a pile of straw (sometimes also with blankets) used as a bed.
3.NounAnimal bedding together with its dung.
4.NounA mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs.
5.NounSynonym of stretcher, such a vehicle used for transporting the sick and injured, inclusive of designs carried in the hand.
6.NounAny of the other similar conveyances, such as sedan chairs, hammock litters, and the like.
7.NounSynonym of straw, grass, etc. more generally, particularly in plaster, thatch, and mulch.
8.NounAn act of giving birth to a number of live young at the same time.
9.NounThe whole group of live young born at the same time, typically in reference to mammals or unpleasant people or objects.
"The runt of the litter is the smallest or weakest of a group of puppies born together."
10.NounWaste or debris, originally any mess but now particularly trash left or thrown on the ground.
"What are you doing?! There's a litter bin not three feet away."
11.NounA bed, a substrate formed from loose materials.
12.NounThe layer of fallen leaves and other loose organic material on the ground in a forest.
"Forest animals use leaf litter in a variety of ways, including as food, shelter, nesting material, bedding, and camouflage."
13.NounFuller's earth, clay pellets, wood chips, or other similar loose absorbent materials used for the waste of pet animals.
"Change the cat litter fer chrissakes. This place reeks."
14.VerbTo drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
"By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering."
15.VerbTo scatter carelessly about.
16.VerbTo strew (a place) with scattered articles.
17.VerbTo give birth to, in the manner of animals.
18.VerbTo produce a litter of young.
19.VerbTo supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
20.VerbTo be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
21.Adjectivecomparative form of lit: more lit
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