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to clutter

to clutter

22 3.7
To fill a space with many things so it becomes untidy
  • verb
  • /ˈklʌtər/
: llenar de
  • The hospital pharmacy, a subterranean structure built into the basement, is cluttered from floor to ceiling with medicines.

There is a storage room to fill for later on so as not to clutter the present scenario.

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Examples

  • Come on, you don't need a bunch of old stuff cluttering up your room.

    Dinosaur Island (2014)

  • PK switches on a light switch to a cavernous space cluttered with old desks, blackboards, and church pews.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • There is a storage room to fill for later on so as not to clutter the present scenario.

    Harvard University

  • I do not like them cluttering up my theatre.

    The Libertine (2004)

  • Go on, get back to work and stop cluttering up the street, or we'll all be arrested.

    You Can't Take It with You (1938)

  • Teachers should not clutter the opening moments of a period with announcements and administrative details.

    Academic text (2010)

  • They were cluttering up the room.

    Whispers in the Dark (1992)

  • After convocation, classes began, and small responsibilities cluttered my hours until the Thanksgiving holiday.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Growing up, McGraw lived for comic books, his room cluttered with stacks of colored newsprint.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I do not like them cluttering up my theatre.

Synonyms

to stuff
vsto clutter
257 2.0

To fill something tightly with things

describes filling without neat order, focusing on messy arrangement rather than tight packing
to cram
vsto clutter
105 3.2

Push things or people into a small space until nothing fits

refers to filling that is untidy and disordered rather than forced full packing
to litter
vsto clutter
49 2.2

To make a place untidy by leaving rubbish and scattered things

fills or covers spaces with various things in a disorderly way
to clutter up
vsto clutter
11 4.2

To fill a space with too many things so it looks messy

focuses on covering space in a disorderly, untidy way rather than amount
to mess
vsto clutter
8 1.0

To make something untidy or dirty

focuses on filling spaces with items in a disorderly, untidy way

Antonyms

to clear
839 1.5

To remove people or things from a place

to organize
  • US
194 1.6

Arrange people, things, and activities so they work well

Phrasal Verbs

to clutter up
11 4.2

To fill a space with too many things so it looks messy

How Messy

to cram
105 3.2
to stuff
257 2.0
to clutter
22 3.7
to disorganize
  • US
1 4.5
to scatter
86 2.8

Surface Forms

clutter infinitive
cluttered past
cluttered past participle
cluttering present participle
clutters third person singular

Etymology

Clutter can also be a verb; a helpful way to remember it is to think of clatter ('a loud noise'): to 'clutter' a room is to fill it with many things so it becomes crowded and messy.