n. | 1. | A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it. |
| 2. | Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants. |
| 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 cat, dog, sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig. |
v. t. | 1. | To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. |
| 2. | To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room. |
| 3. | 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. |
v. i. | 1. | To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. |
| 2. | To produce a litter. |