glut

[ gluht ]

/ glʌt /

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verb (used with object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.

to feed or fill to excess; cloy.

to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.

to choke up: to glut a channel.

verb (used without object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

to eat to satiety or to excess.

noun

a full supply.

an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.

an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.

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Origin of glut

1275–1325; Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton¹

SYNONYMS FOR glut

1. surfeit, stuff, satiate. 5. gorge, cram. 7. surplus, excess, superabundance.

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Related formsglut·ting·ly, adverbo·ver·glut, verb (used with object), o·ver·glut·ted, o·ver·glut·ting.un·glut·ted, adjective

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Examples from the Web for glut

But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
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And given the current glut in fossil fuels, it might even be a better economic bet to wait a few years.
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Tallinn feels palpably Scandinavian with its polished old-town brick, seaside positioning and glut of cool cafes.
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But should you lack the energy to sift through the glut of options yourself, we can at least helpfully endorse this one.
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On the other hand, there is, in fact, a glut of perfectly healthy and well-behaved dogs and cats that need homes.
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The treasure was plentiful enough to cause ‘a glut’ forthwith if many speculators engaged.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
The supreme moment had arrived when Mr. Hugh Price was to glut his vengeance.
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They glut themselves indiscriminately, afraid to let a single dish go by.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
Our chief aim is not to keep a market open and steady, but to glut it with over-production or to block it with excessive prices.
In the Border Country|W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
He thought rapidly of the alarm, the arrest, the kings wrath, and himself given to glut the monsters in the menagerie.
The Fair God|Lew Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for glut

glut

/ (ɡlʌt) /

noun

an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price

the act of glutting or state of being glutted

verb gluts, glutting or glutted (tr)

to feed or supply beyond capacity

to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it

to cram full or choke upto glut a passage

Derived Formsgluttingly, adverb

Word Origin for glut

C14: probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton 1

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Word Origin and History for glut

glut

early 14c., "to swallow too much; to feed to repletion," probably from Old French gloter "to swallow, gulp down," from Latin gluttire "swallow, gulp down," from PIE root *gwele- "to swallow" (cf. Russian glot "draught, gulp"). Related: Glutted; glutting.

glut

1530s, "a gulp," from glut (v.). Meaning "condition of being full or sated" is 1570s; mercantile sense is first recorded 1590s.

Culture definitions for glut

glut

An oversupply of goods on the market.

glut

verb (used with object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

verb (used without object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

noun

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