Noun
We decided to pick up the litter in the park.
Her desk was covered with a litter of legal documents. Verb
Paper and popcorn littered the streets after the parade.
a desk littered with old letters and bills
It is illegal to litter.
He had to pay a fine for littering.
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Noun
The little pup was the runt of the litter and had even been bullied by his siblings.—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 On Wednesday afternoon, a mess of litter — Chiefs placards, pizza boxes, beer cans, paper coffee cups, water bottles, and the like — covered the ground at the barriers up and down Grand.—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
The shores of the Florida Keys are littered with the wrecks of boats that carried those who managed to make it.—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025 Sets were littered with ice coolers and sachets of isotonic powder.—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for litter
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French litere, from lit bed, from Latin lectus — more at lie
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