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Litter

noun

1.

The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal.

2.

Rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places).

3.

Conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers.

4.

Material used to provide a bed for animals. Synonyms: bedding, bedding material.

verb

(past & past part. littered; pres. part. littering)

1.

Strew.

2.

Make a place messy by strewing garbage around.

3.

Give birth to a litter of animals.

Lit

adjective

1.

Provided with artificial light. Synonyms: illuminated, lighted, well-lighted. "Looked up at the lighted windows" , "A brightly lit room" , "A well-lighted stairwell"

2.

Set afire or burning. Synonym: lighted. "A lighted cigarette" , "A lit firecracker"

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"Litter" Quotes from Famous Books

... unsightly wooden ones, cast-iron automobile warnings were placed at every dangerous spot; community bulletin-boards, to supplant the display of notices on trees and poles, were placed at the railroad station; litter-cans were distributed over the entire community; a new railroad station and post-office were secured; the station grounds were laid out as a garden by a landscape architect; new roads of permanent construction, ...

— A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward Bok

... out from Files's tavern and stood on the porch. He had one of the papers in his hand. He ripped the paper to tatters and strewed about him the bits and stamped on the litter. He shrieked profanity. Then he leaped ...

— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day

... the streets masses of confused ruin, which yet more and more, with every hour, obstructed the way; and, as the day advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt; the footing seemed to slide and creep, nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even on the most ...

— The Universal Reciter - 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems • Various

... that the question of peace or war was about to be voted upon by the Senate, could no longer endure to remain at home, but caused his slaves to carry him through the Forum to the Senate House in a litter. When he reached the doors of the Senate House his sons and sons-in-law supported him and guided him into the house, while all the assembly observed a ...

— Plutarch's Lives, Volume II • Aubrey Stewart & George Long

... great deal. My new barn is pretty nigh done. I've got as fine a litter of pigs as ever you see. I don't know whether you're a judge of pigs or no. The Hazard gal's come back, spilt, pooty much, I guess. Been to one o' them fashionable schools,—I've heerd that she's learnt to dance. I've heerd say that ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 • Various

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