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English Dictionary: clutter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clutter
n
  1. a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
  2. unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
v
  1. fill a space in a disorderly way [syn: clutter, {clutter up}]
    Antonym(s): clear, unclutter
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.
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