Meaning of CLUTTER
Pronunciation: | | 'klutur
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- [n] many things in a disorderly state
- [n] a confused multitude of things
- [v] fill a space in a disorderly way
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| Synonyms: | | clutter up, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
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| Antonyms: | | clear, unclutter | |
| See Also: | | disorder, disorderliness, fill, fill up, make full, rummage, stuff, sundries, sundry, whatchamacallit, whatsis | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Clut"ter\, n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to
heap.]
1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the
room is in a clutter.
He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown
pots, pans, and spits. --L'Estrange.
2. Clatter; confused noise. --Swift.
\Clut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cluttered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Cluttering}.]
To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things
in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to
clutter a room.
\Clut"ter\, v. i.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.
--Tennyson.
\Clut"ter\, v. t. [From {Clod}, n.]
To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] --Holland.
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