glut

[ gluht ]

verb (used with object)

, glut·ted, glut·ting.

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.

verb (used without object)

, glut·ted, glut·ting.

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

/ 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

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

1. An oversupply of goods on the market.

Derived Forms

• ˈgluttingly, adverb

Other Words From

• glutting·ly adverb
• over·glut verb (used with object) overglutted overglutting
• un·glutted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glut¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of glut¹

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

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.

From ProPublica

Overproduction and overinvestment have created a supply glut that was suppressing oil prices even before the virus struck.

From Vox

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.

From Vox

Indeed, since that last glut of media reviews in 2018, agencies have tried to recast themselves to keep pace with marketers’ expectations.

From Digiday

With price guarantees for certain crops, and the resultant glut of supply, the government sometimes paid farmers to plant fewer crops.

From Freakonomics

But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.

From The Daily Beast

And given the current glut in fossil fuels, it might even be a better economic bet to wait a few years.

From The Daily Beast

Tallinn feels palpably Scandinavian with its polished old-town brick, seaside positioning and glut of cool cafes.

From The Daily Beast

But should you lack the energy to sift through the glut of options yourself, we can at least helpfully endorse this one.

From The Daily Beast

On the other hand, there is, in fact, a glut of perfectly healthy and well-behaved dogs and cats that need homes.

From The Daily Beast

The plunder of the chauntries and the gilds failed to glut the appetite of this crew of spoilers.

From Project Gutenberg

By this regulation the intolerable glut of beaver-skins, which spoils the market, may be prevented.

From Project Gutenberg

These foreign girls bring their pretty faces here and glut the matrimonial market.

From Project Gutenberg

An Indian would have had to gluck and cluck and glut for half a minute to make these three words plain.

From Project Gutenberg

The treasure was plentiful enough to cause ‘a glut’ forthwith if many speculators engaged.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• oversupply
• saturation
• surplus