| Noun | 1. | litter - the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal | |
| 2. | litter - rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) | |
| 3. | litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearersstretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | |
| 4. | litter - material used to provide a bed for animalsmatter, substance - that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter" | |
| Verb | 1. | litter - strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 2. | litter - make a place messy by strewing garbage aroundstrew, straw - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" | |
| 3. | litter - give birth to a litter of animalscub - give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year" fawn - have fawns; "deer fawn" | |