litter
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1. litter - Noun
2. litter - Verb
Meaning
A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
To produce a litter.
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Cigar butts littered the ground
According to Funk and Wagnalls ' Wildlife Encyclopedia, captive black leopards are less fertile than spotted leopards, with average litter sizes of 1.8 and 2.1, respectively.
Acorns sprout into seedlings after fire and sites that have been cleared of canopy and leaf litter in fires are ideal for seedling success.
A Dundee City Council spokesman said: “We are currently operating a regular multi daily litter picking route at this location, however we will look into the reports of littering.”
After a gestation period of 93 ± 6 days, females give birth to a litter of one to five, most often three cubs.
After a fight in which Batman knocks her off a building, Catwoman survives by landing in a truck full of kitty litter.