litter

litter
01. There is a lot of [litter] on the streets around the high school.
02. Please don't [litter]; put your garbage in the containers provided.
03. Anyone caught [littering] will be subject to a minimum fine of $50.
04. The floor was [littered] with cigarette butts and beer bottle caps after the party.
05. The beach is [littered] with styrofoam and pieces of plastic that have washed up over time.
06. Local school children were out working today, cleaning up [litter] in our city's largest park.
07. Broken glass [littered] the floor where the window had been broken.
08. Our cat had three [litters] of kittens before we had her fixed.
09. We were able to find good homes for our dog's entire [litter] of puppies without any difficulty.
10. Our cat uses a [litter] box to do its business when it is inside at night.
11. Could you pick up some more [litter] for the kitty's box when you go to the store?
12. Jackie has a pet hedgehog that is trained to poop in a [litter] box, like a cat.
13. There are a couple of wolves with a new [litter] of pups in the forest near our cabin.
14. A female mouse may give birth to as many as ten [litters] of eight to ten babies during her lifetime, which is generally less than a year.
15. Thoreau once suggested that what men call good fellowship is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a [litter] which lie close together to keep each other warm.
16. Condoleezza Rice once remarked that history is [littered] with cases of inaction that led to very grave consequences for the world.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Litter — is waste disposed in the wrong place by unlawful human action and can vary in size of incident, occurrence or items. It can occur as small items like wrappers, large collections of waste or scatterings of litter dispersed around public places… …   Wikipedia

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • litter — [n1] mess, debris clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, untidiness,… …   New thesaurus

  • litter — ► NOUN 1) rubbish left in an open or public place. 2) an untidy collection of things. 3) a number of young born to an animal at one time. 4) (also cat litter) granular absorbent material lining a tray for a cat to urinate and defecate in indoors …   English terms dictionary

  • litter — [lit′ər] n. [ME litere < OFr litiere < ML literia, lectaria < L lectus, a couch: see LIE1] 1. a framework having long horizontal shafts near the bottom and enclosing a couch on which a person can be carried 2. a stretcher for carrying… …   English World dictionary

  • litter — lit|ter1 [ˈlıtə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(waste)¦ 2¦(baby animals)¦ 3¦(for cat s toilet)¦ 4¦(forest)¦ 5 a litter of something 6¦(for animal s bed)¦ 7¦(bed)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: litiere, from lit bed ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • litter — litterer, n. /lit euhr/, n. 1. objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish. 2. a condition of disorder or untidiness: We were appalled at the litter of the room. 3. a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one birth: a… …   Universalium

  • litter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun … OF LITTER ▪ pile VERB + LITTER ▪ drop, leave ▪ Please do not leave litter after your picnic. ▪ clean up …   Collocations dictionary

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