Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clutter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clutter \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clutter \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. i.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.
--Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. t. [From {Clod}, n.]
To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] --Holland.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clutter
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: {jumble}, {muddle}, {mare's
nest}, {welter}, {smother}]
2: many things in a disorderly state
v : fill a space in a disorderly way [syn: {clutter up}] [ant: {unclutter}]
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