litter

IPA: ɫˈɪtɝ

(countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
(collective, countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
(uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
(uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
(uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
(uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
A covering of straw for plants.

(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
(transitive) To scatter carelessly about.
(transitive) To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
(transitive) To give birth to, in the manner of animals.
(intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
(transitive) To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
(intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

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