glut

glut

 (glŭt)

v. glut·ted, glut·ting, gluts

v.tr.

1. To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate: The lions slept after they glutted themselves on the kill.

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: A glut of gasoline caused prices at the pump to fall.

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

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glut

(ɡlʌt)

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 (tr) , gluts, glutting or glutted

3. to feed or supply beyond capacity

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

5. to cram full or choke up: to glut a passage.

[C14: probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton¹]

ˈgluttingly adv

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glut

(glʌt)

v. glut•ted, glut•ting,
n. v.t.

1. to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.

2. to feed or fill to excess; stuff: to glut oneself with candy.

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.

v.i.

5. to eat to satiety or to excess.

n.

6. an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.

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

[1275–1325; back formation from glutun glutton]

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glut

- The amount of liquid swallowed in a gulp.

See also related terms for swallow.

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glut

Past participle: glutted
Gerund: glutting

Imperative

glut

glut

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	glut - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall oversupply, surfeit 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"
Verb	1.	glut - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" binge, englut, engorge, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate, stuff 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" oversupply, flood furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

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glut

noun

1. 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.

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glut

verb

To satisfy to the full or to excess:

cloy, engorge, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, surfeit.

noun

An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:

excess, fat, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage.

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Translations

وُفْرَه، فَيْض

nadbytek

overskud

Fülle

liikaylijäämäylimääräinen

surabondance

offramboî

eccessosaturaresaturo

galybė

pārpilnībapārsātinātība

bollukfazlalık

供过于求

glut

[glʌt]

A. N → superabundancia f, exceso m
to be a glut on the market → inundar el mercado

B. VT

1. (Comm) [+ market] → inundar

2. [+ person] → hartar, saciar
to glut o.s → atracarse (with de) to be glutted with fruit → haberse atracado de fruta

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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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glut

vt

(Comm) market (manufacturer etc) → überschwemmen; sugar is glutting the world market → der Weltmarkt wird mit Zucker überschwemmt

to glut oneself (with food) → schlemmen; to be glutted with something → mit etw vollgestopft sein

n → Schwemme f; (of manufactured goods also) → Überangebot nt (→ of an +dat); a glut of oil → ein Überangebot an Öl

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glut

[glʌt]

1. n → sovrabbondanza, surplus m inv, eccesso

2. vt (market) → inondare, saturare; (with food) → saziare

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glut

(glat) noun

too great a supply. There has been a glut of apples this year. oorvolheid, oorversadiging, oorvloed وُفْرَه، فَيْض пренасищам fartura nadbytek die Fülle overskud 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 ترحدزېات fartura supra­abun­denţă избыток nadbytok preobilje obilje överflöd, uppsjö ปริมาณมากเกินต้องการ fazlalık, bolluk 供過於求 насичення بے تحاشا مقدار میں sự quá thừa 供过于求

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