| Front | litter |
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| Back | noun, verb BrE /ˈlɪtə(r)/NAmE /ˈlɪtər/ noun 1 [uncountable] small pieces of rubbish/garbage such as paper, cans and bottles, that people have left lying in a public placeThere will be fines for people who drop litter. 2 [singular] ~ of sth a number of things that are lying in an untidy wayThe floor was covered with a litter of newspapers, clothes and empty cups. 3 [uncountable] a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are indoorscat litter (BrE) a litter tray (NAmE) a litter box 4 [countable] a number of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same timea litter of puppies the runt (= the smallest and weakest baby) of the litter 5 [uncountable] the substance, especially straw, that is used for farm animals to sleep on 6 [countable] a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people verb 1 [transitive] ~ sth to be spread around a place, making it look untidyPiles of books and newspapers littered the floor. Broken glass littered the streets. 2 [transitive, usually passive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (with sth) to leave things in a place, making it look untidyThe floor was littered with papers. (NAmE) He was arrested for littering. 3 [transitive] be littered with sth to contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually sth badYour essay is littered with spelling mistakes. |
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