litter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
Related & opposite
- litter derivation
Sense 2 verb
strew
Cigar butts littered the ground
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
Types & categories
- trash hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make a place messy by strewing garbage around
Types & categories
- strew hypernym
Related & opposite
- litter derivation
Sense 5 noun
conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
Types & categories
- transport hypernym
- covered couch hyponym
- palanquin hyponym
- sedan chair hyponym
- stretcher hyponym
Sense 6 verb
give birth to a litter of animals
Types & categories
- birth hypernym
Related & opposite
- litter derivation
Sense 7 noun
material used to provide a bed for animals
Types & categories
- material hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | litter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | litterer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | litter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | litter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | litter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | litter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | strew |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | transport |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | covered couch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | palanquin |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sedan chair |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stretcher |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | litter |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | birth |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |