Litter
noun
- 1.
- (a odds and ends of trash left lying about, straw etc. put down as bedding for animals, the young animals brought forth at a birth, a stretcher for carrying the sick or wounded) pick up litter សម្រាម, cat litter សម្រាប់ដាក់អោយសត្វដេក, litter of pups សំបុក (កូនសត្វទើបនឹងកើត), medic's litter គ្រែស្នែង, ស្នែងរបួស
verb — past tense: littered ; past participle: littered ; present participle: littering ;
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) នៅរាយប៉ាយ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to bring forth (a number of young) at one time, to make untidy, to scatter about carelessly) ពង្រាយ
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To bear a litter of young) ពង្រាយសម្រាម
Example: The children cut out pictures and made a litter all over the floor.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
- 2.
- A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
- 3.
- Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
- 4.
- Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
- 5.
- The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
verb — past tense: littered ; past participle: littered ; present participle: littering ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To produce a litter.