clutter
To fill something with clutterTo fill something with clutter.
» Tom has been meaning to clean out his badly cluttered garage for years.
Tom will seine zugemüllte Garage schon seit Jahren ausmisten.
Том роками збирався навести порядок у своєму захаращеному гаражі.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To fill something with clutter.
anhäufen, überhäufen, überladen
захламля́тьzaxlamljátʹ, загроможда́тьzagromoždátʹ
fill a space in a disorderly way
(intransitive)To make a confused noise; to bustle.
(intransitive, transitive)To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
poltern
(intransitive, obsolete)To clot or coagulate, like blood.
Examples
72 sentencesTom has been meaning to clean out his badly cluttered garage for years.
Том роками збирався навести порядок у своєму захаращеному гаражі.
deTom will seine zugemüllte Garage schon seit Jahren ausmisten.
The room is cluttered with newspapers.
deDas Zimmer ist mit Zeitungen übersät.
Tom's house is very cluttered.
Tom's apartment is cluttered.
ruУ Тома захламлённая квартира.
deToms Wohnung ist unaufgeräumt.
All this paperwork just clutters my desk.
Всі ці папери тільки захаращують мій стіл.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), eqFrom Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).
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Forms
clutters, cluttering, cluttered, cluttered| Base form | clutter · to clutter |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | clutters |
| Present participle | cluttering |
| Past simple | cluttered |
| Past participle | cluttered |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- fill a space in a disorderly way:clutter up
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle