glut

American  

[gluht] / glʌt /

verb (used with object)

glutted, glutting

1. to feed or fill to satiety; sate.

   to glut the appetite.

   Synonyms:

   satiate, stuff, surfeit

2. to feed or fill to excess; cloy.

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

4. to choke up.

   to glut a channel.

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verb (used without object)

glutted, glutting

1. to eat to satiety or to excess.

   Synonyms:

   cram, gorge

noun

1. a full supply.

2. an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.

   Synonyms:

   superabundance, excess, surplus

3. an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.

glut British  

/ ɡlʌt /

noun

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

2. the act of glutting or state of being glutted

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verb

1. to feed or supply beyond capacity

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

3. to cram full or choke up

   to glut a passage

glut Cultural  

1. An oversupply of goods on the market.

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Other Word Forms

• gluttingly adverb
• overglut verb (used with object)
• unglutted adjective

Etymology

Origin of glut

1275–1325; Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton ¹

Example Sentences

A crackdown on illicit oil trading is risky, even with a global glut of crude.

From The Wall Street Journal

Venezuela’s export volumes represent only a small proportion of the current oil market supply glut, says the head of economics & next generation research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investing today also holds little appeal as oil prices are weighed down by a supply glut, and fell last year.

From Barron's

Oligopolies can and do fall into price wars or production gluts.

From Barron's

In many of these markets, such as Austin and San Antonio in Texas, a glut of supply is weighing on prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• oversupply
• saturation
• surplus