Main Entry: ²litter

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : bed 1a
2 : to give birth to a litter of (young)
3 a : to strew with scattered articles b : to scatter about in disorder c : to lie about in disorder <their upside-down hats littered the top of the bar — Michael Chabon> d : to mark with objects scattered at random <a book littered with misprints>intransitive verb 1 : to give birth to a litter
2 : to strew litter