litter
To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of itTo drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
» The beach was littered with debris.
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7 senses(intransitive)To 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.
vermüllen, wegwerfen
сори́тьsorítʹ, насори́тьnasorítʹ, му́соритьmúsoritʹ
сміти́тиsmitýty
(transitive)To scatter carelessly about.
(transitive)To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
strew
(transitive)To give birth to, in the manner of animals.
werfen, ferkeln, abferkeln
give birth to a litter of animals
(intransitive)To produce a litter of young.
(transitive)To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
(intransitive)To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
Examples
111 sentencesThe beach was littered with debris.
The streets were littered with debris.
You can have the pick of the litter.
This puppy was the runt of the litter.
How do you train a cat to use a litter box?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French lInherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria.
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Forms
litters, littering, littered, litteredWord family
2 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.