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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
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 Translations glut [glʌt] glut [ˈglʌt] 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 market → der Weltmarkt wird mit Zucker überschwemmt n → Schwemme f; (of manufactured goods also) → Überangebot nt (→ of an +dat); a glut of oil → ein Überangebot an Öl glut [glʌt] 1. n → sovrabbondanza, surplus m inv, eccesso glut [glʌt] 1. n → sovrabbondanza, surplus m inv, eccesso 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 供过于求 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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