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LITTERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish
Example:
his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair
Synonyms:
cluttered; littered
Classified under:
Similar:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb litter
Context examples:
It had been used for the storage of wood, but the billets, which had evidently been littered over the floor, were now piled at the sides, so as to leave a clear space in the middle.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend’s quarters; and he eyed the dingy, windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, once crowded with eager students and now lying gaunt and silent, the tables laden with chemical apparatus, the floor strewn with crates and littered with packing straw, and the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was littered with books and papers, and was evidently used as a study.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The narrow pass was blocked by huge stones littered in wild confusion over each other, with the blue choking smoke reeking up through the crevices.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They sat side by side upon our paper-littered settee, and it was easy to see from their worn and anxious faces that it was business of the most pressing importance which had brought them.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is a picture, and I can see it now,—the jagged edges of the hole in the side of the cabin, through which the grey fog swirled and eddied; the empty upholstered seats, littered with all the evidences of sudden flight, such as packages, hand satchels, umbrellas, and wraps; the stout gentleman who had been reading my essay, encased in cork and canvas, the magazine still in his hand, and asking me with monotonous insistence if I thought there was any danger; the red-faced man, stumping gallantly around on his artificial legs and buckling life-preservers on all comers; and finally, the screaming bedlam of women.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Broken fences, crumbling walls, vineyards littered with stones, the shattered arches of bridges—look where you might, the signs of ruin and rapine met the eye.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The floor was of polished tiles, with a square of red and black diapered Flemish carpet in the centre; and many settees, cushions, folding chairs, and carved bancals littered all over it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
