litter

lit·ter

(lit'ĕr),

1. A stretcher or portable couch for moving the sick or injured.

2. A group of animals of the same parents, born at the same time. Synonym(s): brood (1)

[Fr. litière; fr. lit, bed]

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litter

(lĭt′ər)

n.

1. The group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal.

2. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a stretcher.

v. lit·tered, lit·tering, lit·ters

v.tr.

1. To give birth to (a litter).

2. To make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly: Someone had littered the beach with food wrappers.

3. To scatter about: littered towels all over the locker room.

4. To be scattered about (an area): "A lot of torn envelopes and open letters littered his bed" (Joseph Conrad).

5. To include certain items such as expressions throughout (a speech or piece of writing, for example): littered his letters with the names of powerful friends.

6. Archaic To supply (animals) with litter for bedding or floor covering.

v.intr.

1. To give birth to a litter.

2. To scatter litter.

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lit′ter·er n.

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litter

Military medicine A mobile bed for transporting wounded military personnel Vox populi Trash strewn in a public or open place

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

lit·ter

(lit'ĕr)

1. A stretcher or portable couch for moving the sick or injured.

2. A group of animals of the same parents, born at the same time.

[Fr. litière; fr. lit, bed]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

litter

1. any material aggregated on the surface of soil from above-ground vegetation.
2. the offspring produced at any one time by a mammal.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005