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clutterclut‧ter1 /ˈklʌtə $ -ər/ (also clutter up) verb [transitive] clutter1Origin: 1500-1600 clot VERB TABLEclutter |
Present | I, you, we, they | clutter | | he, she, it | clutters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cluttered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cluttered | | he, she, it | has cluttered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cluttered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will clutter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cluttered |
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Present | I | am cluttering | | he, she, it | is cluttering | | you, we, they | are cluttering | Past | I, he, she, it | was cluttering | | you, we, they | were cluttering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cluttering | | he, she, it | has been cluttering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cluttering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cluttering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cluttering |
- And, anyway, what happens to all the old technology cluttering the house?
- It can remove the deposits of pigment that clutter up old cells whether in tissue culture or in the brain.
- The bench was cluttered with cricket gear.
- The desk was cluttered with files, but the chair behind it was vacant.
to make a place messy► make a mess to make a place untidy or dirty: · Eric, you're making a mess - I hope you're planning to clean it up.· You can bake some cookies if you promise not to make a mess in the kitchen. ► mess up informal to make a place untidy or dirty: mess something up: · Don't mess up the living room - we have company coming tonight.mess up something: · Who's messed up my nice clean kitchen? ► clutter/clutter up if a lot of things clutter a room, desk etc, they make it untidy, especially because there is not enough space for them: · Toys cluttered the nursery floor.clutter up something/clutter something up: · I don't want your old newspapers and magazines cluttering up the house.be cluttered (up) with: · All the available space around her computer is cluttered with papers.· His house was cluttered up with the things he had collected. place/room► messy also untidy British if a place is messy or untidy , things have been left carelessly in different parts of it instead of being neatly arranged: · She felt uncomfortable in such a messy house.· He only cleans up his room when it gets really messy.· My desk isn't always this messy - I've been working on a major project.· Jan found the professor in a small, untidy office.· These drawers are so untidy - I can never find what I'm looking for. ► be a mess also be in a mess British informal if a place is a mess or is in a mess , it is very untidy and dirty: · Please sit down. Sorry everything's such a mess.· My basement is a complete mess and has been for years.· The whole house is in a mess, but I didn't have time to clean it up. ► cluttered untidy because there are too many things in a small space: · He works in a cluttered studio that looks like a mechanic's garage.· The trailer was cluttered and cramped, with barely enough room to turn around.cluttered with: · The room was tiny, its walls cluttered with paintings and old photographs. ► dump informal a place that is untidy and dirty: · The Ewells' place is a real dump.· Why don't you do something about your room - it's a dump. ► pigsty also pit American informal an untidy and very dirty place: · This place is a pigsty! Clean it up.· I don't know how you can stand living in a pigsty like this.· My room's a total pit, but I'm too lazy to clean it. ► tip British informal a very untidy place: · Your room's an absolute tip!· It was a very nice house until they moved in and turned it into a tip. ► cluttered desk (=covered with papers, books etc in an untidy way)· His desk is so cluttered he can't find anything. ADVERB► up· It can remove the deposits of pigment that clutter up old cells whether in tissue culture or in the brain.· They aren't cheap to buy or send, and they clutter up the house.· What the hell are you doing anyway, cluttering up my office, wasting my time?· Or are they so cluttered up that there isn't any real space to work on?· Besides, if I'd told the truth, Jett wouldn't have been cluttering up our answering machine all night. 1to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy: Piles of books and papers cluttered his desk.be cluttered (up) with something The walls were cluttered with paintings and prints.2to fill your mind with a lot of different things: the everyday tasks that clutter our lives—cluttered adjective |