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glut  (glt)
v. glut·ted, glut·ting, gluts
v.tr.
1. To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate.
2. To flood (a market) with an excess of goods so that supply exceeds demand.
v.intr.
To eat or indulge in something excessively.
n.
An oversupply.

[Middle English glotten, probably from Old French glotoiier, to eat greedily, from Latin gluttre.]

glut [glʌt]
n
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
vb gluts, glutting, glutted (tr)
1. to feed or supply beyond capacity
2. (Business / Commerce) 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
[probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton1]
gluttingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.glut - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
Verb1.glut - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
2.glut - supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

glut
noun
surfeit, excess, surplus, plethora, saturation, oversupply, overabundance, superabundance, superfluity There's a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe.
surfeit lack, shortage, want, scarcity, dearth, paucity
verb
1. saturate, flood, choke, clog, overload, inundate, deluge, oversupply Soldiers returning from war had glutted the job market.
2. overfill, fill, stuff, cram, satiate The pond was glutted with fish.
Translations
glut [glʌt]
A. Nsuperabundancia f, exceso m
to be a glut on the marketinundar el mercado
B. VT
1. (Comm) [+ market] → inundar
2. [+ person] → hartar, saciar
to glut o.satracarse (with de) to be glutted with fruithaberse atracado de fruta

glut [ˈglʌt]
n [food] → surabondance f
a glut of oil → un excédent de pétrole
vt [+ market] → encombrer
to be glutted [market, economy] → être saturé(e)
to be glutted with sth → être saturé(e) de qch

glut
vt
(Comm) market (manufacturer etc)überschwemmen; sugar is glutting the world marketder Weltmarkt wird mit Zucker überschwemmt
to glut oneself (with food) → schlemmen; to be glutted with somethingmit etw vollgestopft sein
nSchwemme f; (of manufactured goods also)Überangebot nt (→ of an +dat); a glut of oilein Überangebot an Öl

glut [glʌt]
1. nsovrabbondanza, surplus m inv, eccesso
2. vt (market) → inondare, saturare; (with food) → saziare

glut [glʌt]
1. nsovrabbondanza, surplus m inv, eccesso
2. vt (market) → inondare, saturare; (with food) → saziare

glut
n glut [glat]
too great a supply There has been a glut of apples this year. oorvolheid, oorversadiging, oorvloed وُفْرَه، فَيْض пренасищам nadbytek overskud die Fülle υπεραφθονία, περίσσεια superabundancia, exceso üliküllus وفور liikatarjonta surabondance להציף बहुतायत zasićenost, preobilje bőség hasil berlimpah offramboð quantità eccessiva, eccesso 過多 공급 과잉 gausybė, galybė pārpilnība; pārsātinātība (ar precēm) kebanjiran overvloed overflod/-skudd zatrzęsienie fartura supra­abun­denţă избыток nadbytok preobilje obilje överflöd, uppsjö ปริมาณมากเกินต้องการ fazlalık, bolluk 供過於求 насичення بے تحاشا مقدار میں sự quá thừa


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They may come upon him when he sleeps and glut their revenge; but you will be safe.
The long lances, the heavy maces, the sixbladed battle axes, and the well tempered swords of the knights played havoc among them, so that the rout was complete; but, not content with victory, Prince Edward must glut his vengeance, and so he pursued the citizens for miles, butchering great numbers of them, while many more were drowned in attempting to escape across the Ouse.
Sowerberry was disposed to be his friend; so, between these three on one side, and a glut of funerals on the other, Oliver was not altogether as comfortable as the hungry pig was, when he was shut up, by mistake, in the grain department of a brewery.
 
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