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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Litter \Lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Littered} (l[i^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Littering}.] 1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. [1913 Webster] Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp. Hackett. [1913 Webster] For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room. [1913 Webster] The room with volumes littered round. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] The son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp hagborn. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Litter \Lit"ter\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r), n. [F. liti[`e]re, LL. lectaria, fr. L. lectus couch, bed. See {Lie} to be prostrated, and cf. {Coverlet}.] 1. A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it. [1913 Webster] There is a litter ready; lay him in 't. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants. [1913 Webster] To crouch in litter of your stable planks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Take off the litter from your kernel beds. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish. [1913 Webster] Strephon, who found the room was void. Stole in, and took a strict survey Of all the litter as it lay. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter. [1913 Webster] 5. The young brought forth at one time, by a cat, dog, sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig. [1913 Webster] A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to take care of her litter. --D. Estrange. [1913 Webster] Reflect upon that numerous litter of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world. --South. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Litter \Lit"ter\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. 1. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. [R.] [1913 Webster] The inn Where he and his horse littered. --Habington. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce a litter. [1913 Webster] A desert . . . where the she-wolf still littered. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: litter n 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 [syn: {bedding material}, {bedding}, {litter}] v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground" 2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around 3: give birth to a litter of animals