to litter
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2.2
- verb
- /ˈlɪtər/
:
ensuciar
- The children were warned not to litter during their field trip to the beach.
- litter the ground
- litter the floor
- broken glass littered
They weren't like littering the drive because you know, we had modest means.
- They weren't like littering the drive because you know, we had modest means.
Examples
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Tin cans, bottles, crates, and boxes littered the dust around the concrete shack.
Fiction book (1992) -
His perspective: The empty lot below was littered with abandoned couches, refrigerators, and rusting automobile carcasses.
Fiction book (1990) -
You could have been arrested for littering the highway.
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Bill, those people are littering.
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By the time Tim arrived, copies of his short stories littered the school.
Academic text (2004) -
Large quantities of discarded beer and soda cans litter the bottom of the bay.
Academic text (1990) -
Hey, who's littering my hallway?
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Stray feathers and dry leaves litter the entryway to the wood-frame building.
Academic text (2009) -
Scraps of debris and children's toys litter the ground, and laundry blows relentlessly in the wind.
Academic text (1996) -
Please don't litter in the park; it makes the area look messy.
Synonyms
248
1.0
To make something untidy or dirty
27
3.7
To fill a space with many things so it becomes untidy
7
4.2
To fill a space with too many things so it looks messy
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Etymology
Litter (to make untidy) comes from the same idea of things being spread around from Old French litiere 'bedding'. So to litter a place is to leave many things or rubbish scattered across it.