glut
Americanverb (used with object)
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gluts,
present (3rd person singular)
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glutted,
past participle, past
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glutting
present participle
verb (used without object)
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gluts,
present (3rd person singular)
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glutted,
past participle, past
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glutting
present participle
noun
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a full supply.
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an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.
- Synonyms:
- superabundance, excess, surplus
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an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.
noun
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an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price
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the act of glutting or state of being glutted
verb
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to feed or supply beyond capacity
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to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it
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to cram full or choke up
to glut a passage
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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glutsimple
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glutssimple
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have gluttedperfect
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has gluttedperfect
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am gluttingprogressive
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are gluttingprogressive
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is gluttingprogressive
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have been gluttingperfect progressive
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has been gluttingperfect progressive
Past
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gluttedsimple
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had gluttedperfect
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was gluttingprogressive
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were gluttingprogressive
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had been gluttingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of glut
1275–1325; Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton 1
Explanation
A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price. A glut of heavy metal T-shirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room. Glut comes from the Old French gloter, meaning "to swallow too much." The glottis is the part of your body where your vocal folds reside and where you swallow. If you go to the movies alone and get the family tub of popcorn, you are glutting yourself on the salty snack, but do try not to get any popcorn stuck in your glottis. Glut is used more commonly in reference to the economics of the marketplace, where an oversupply of one thing lowers prices.
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Example Sentences
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The first shock in the early 2000s saw a glut of cheap, more low-tech exports from China hurt manufacturers not just in Europe but around the world.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
A spate of new projects in the U.S. and around the globe had fueled fears of an impending supply glut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
For people tinkering around the edges, with the goal of feeling stronger and more energetic, the glut of recommendations in here could feel empowering, perhaps like a sturdy reference text.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
The big fear, according to McElligott, is that a glut of investment-grade debt being issued by companies chasing the AI boom could help to crowd out demand for Treasurys.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It seemed like a steal at $2.5 million, but with the glut of rigs on the domestic market there weren’t any takers.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Major alcohol companies have massive gluts on their balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Oligopolies can and do fall into price wars or production gluts.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
Ultimately, this all helps promote true sustainability: long-lasting and durable products and batteries that aren’t just for luxury on one end, black-market speculation on the other, and market gluts on yet another.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2024
Good harvest years can produce market gluts that make it hard to turn a profit.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023
Giving himself repeated daily shots of canine insulin in the abdomen, arm, or leg, Woolf almost certainly spent his days boomeranging between insulin gluts and deficits.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
By early 2020, the oil market was glutted after a Saudi-Russian battle for market share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
It's that ebullient zest for discovery that's kept Steves such a durable resource in a field now glutted with dubiously qualified influencers.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
Sushi Kiyono has been there for 26 years, making it a rare small-business stalwart on Beverly Drive, which is glutted with chain restaurants like Jimmy John’s and Chipotle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
Over time, Instagram became glutted with sponsored content and buy links, but its shopping interface never derailed the overall experience of the app.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
By midday, the grandstand and clubhouse were glutted, so Vanderbilt redirected fans by the thousands into the infield.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Unfinished Ford trucks — 40,000 or so — are glutting Kentucky Speedway’s auxiliary parking lots in Sparta, a victim of the semiconductor shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, TheDrive.com reported.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
For many years, Mr. Xi announced China’s intention to reduce its steel production, only for output to rise the next year as individual provinces increased production, glutting the market and hurting the industry nationally.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
The glutting on essential groceries, eggs, milk, bottled water, so that empty grocery shelves confronted the more restrained among us.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2020
If anything, it does the opposite, glutting the viewer with despair.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2020
Now do not think that his folly lay chiefly in glutting his life with drab material things, with wives and concubines, with worldly power and glory.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
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