litter

/ˈlɪtə(ɹ)//ˈlɪtɚ/

noun

1
A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
2
(collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
3
Material used as bedding for animals.
“sleep in the litter”
4
Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
“drop litter”
5
Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
“the cat's litter”
6
Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
7
A covering of straw for plants.

1
To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
“By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering.”
2
To scatter carelessly about.
3
To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
4
To give birth to, used of animals.
5
To produce a litter of young.
6
To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
7
To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

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