transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪtə(r) ]
( litters, littering, littered)
1.
Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside.
If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up...
On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter.
= rubbish
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2.
A litter of things is a quantity of them that are lying around in a disorganized way.
He pushed aside the litter of books and papers and laid two places at the table.
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3.
If a number of things litter a place, they are scattered untidily around it or over it.
Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement.
VERB : V n
• lit‧tered
The entrance hall is littered with toys and wellington boots...
Concrete purpose-built resorts are littered across the mountainsides.
ADJ : v-link ADJ prep
4.
If something is littered with things, it contains many examples of it.
History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father’s disregard...
Charles’ speech is littered with lots of marketing buzzwords like ‘package’ and ‘product’.
ADJ : v-link ADJ with n
5.
A litter is a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time.
...a litter of pups.
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6.
Litter is a dry substance that you put in the container where you want your cat to go to the toilet.
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