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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.

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

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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

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

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. 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

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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 [glʌt]

1. n → sovrabbondanza, surplus m inv, eccesso

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

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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 供过于求