verb🔗ShareTo drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles)."By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering."environmentactionsocietyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo scatter carelessly about."The children were littering their toys all over the living room floor. "environmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo strew (a place) with scattered articles."The children were littering the playground with discarded wrappers. "environmentactionsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give birth to, used of animals."The mother cat was littering kittens in the barn. "animalbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo produce a litter of young."The mother cat is littering in a quiet corner of the garden. "animalbiologyfamilyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall."Every morning, the farmer spends an hour littering the cows' stalls with fresh straw to keep them clean and comfortable. "agricultureanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter."The farmer, exhausted after a long day, decided against going to the house and instead began littering the barn floor with straw for a makeshift bed. "agricultureanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe dropping of litter."The park ranger gave a warning about littering because trash was left on the grass. "environmentactionsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading