glut

[ gluht ]
/ glʌt /
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verb (used with object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

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

to eat to satiety or to excess.

noun

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Origin of glut

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

OTHER WORDS FROM glut

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

Words nearby glut

glume, gluon, gluonium, glurge, gluside, glut, glutamate, glutamic acid, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, glutaminase
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Words related to glut

oversupply, saturation, surplus, plenitude, superfluity, surfeit, excess, nimiety, load, clog, overwhelm, jade, pall, cloy, fill, hog, overload, flood, sate, cram

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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 forms of glut

gluttingly, adverb

Word Origin for glut

C14: probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton 1
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Cultural definitions for glut

glut

An oversupply of goods on the market.

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