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glut
[ gluht ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
noun
- a full supply.
- an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.
Synonyms: superabundance, excess, surplus
- an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.
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
- 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 up
to glut a passage
Derived Forms
- ˈgluttingly, adverb
Other Words From
- glutting·ly adverb
- over·glut verb (used with object) overglutted overglutting
- un·glutted adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of glut1
Example Sentences
It is hard to argue that the plan to connect the Oregon coast via pipeline to the Canadian Rockies would do much for American frackers hit hard by an international energy glut.
Overproduction and overinvestment have created a supply glut that was suppressing oil prices even before the virus struck.
There’s a glut of environmental organizations out there and a lack of rigorous research on their impacts and cost-effectiveness, though that’s beginning to change with the arrival of new evaluators like Giving Green and ImpactMatters.
Indeed, since that last glut of media reviews in 2018, agencies have tried to recast themselves to keep pace with marketers’ expectations.
With price guarantees for certain crops, and the resultant glut of supply, the government sometimes paid farmers to plant fewer crops.
But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
And given the current glut in fossil fuels, it might even be a better economic bet to wait a few years.
Tallinn feels palpably Scandinavian with its polished old-town brick, seaside positioning and glut of cool cafes.
But should you lack the energy to sift through the glut of options yourself, we can at least helpfully endorse this one.
On the other hand, there is, in fact, a glut of perfectly healthy and well-behaved dogs and cats that need homes.
The plunder of the chauntries and the gilds failed to glut the appetite of this crew of spoilers.
By this regulation the intolerable glut of beaver-skins, which spoils the market, may be prevented.
These foreign girls bring their pretty faces here and glut the matrimonial market.
An Indian would have had to gluck and cluck and glut for half a minute to make these three words plain.
The treasure was plentiful enough to cause ‘a glut’ forthwith if many speculators engaged.
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