glut

1 of 3

verb (1)

ˈglət

glutted; glutting

transitive verb

: to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand

The market is glutted with oil.

: to fill especially with food to satiety

glutted themselves at the restaurant buffet

intransitive verb

: to eat gluttonously

glut

2 of 3

noun

: an excessive quantity : oversupply

a glut of oil on the market

archaic : the act or process of glutting

glut

3 of 3

verb (2)

glutted; glutting

transitive verb

archaic

: to swallow greedily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Now add on to that glut another category of product that stores have to deal with: returns.

Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 June 2022 The internet is glutted with second-by-second countdown clocks and the mania is even spurring a hike in hiring by crypto firms worldwide.

Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2020 Now, thanks largely to those export terminals, the global market is glutted.

Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020 That’s even as the market is already glutted, with prices down about 30% in 12 months.

Fortune, 12 Nov. 2019 Because the market is glutted, all buyers can demand purity standards at or near the level China has set.

Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2019 The current milk landscape is glutted with options, but only because nobody is happy.

Rachel Sugar, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019 And in a third poster, featuring Captain America solo, Evans is twisted in a pose that exposes America’s glutes to full effect.

Alex Abad-santos, Vox, 18 June 2019 The nation’s courtrooms have been glutted with millions of collection lawsuits, many of which are backed by thin documentation.

Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 28 July 2016

Noun

Meanwhile, the company’s steel business slumped amid a global glut that drove prices down.

Krishna Pokharel, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, there has been negative news specifically pertaining to Bitcoin, including fears that the distribution of coins from the bankrupt Mt. Gox exchange could introduce a new glut on the market.

Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 As the industry faced a glut of giant theaters after years of overdevelopment, Regal declared bankruptcy in 2001 amid a wave of consolidation in the exhibition business.

Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Because people were driving less, a glut in supply resulted and is finally reaching consumers in the form of lower prices, Hart said.

David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Supply chain challenges have left many retailers including Walmart and Target facing a glut of inventory that will take months to work through, meaning more and better product that usually would had sold can go to off-price stores.

Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2022 Britney Jean is remembered as a wash-out, because of a glut of miserable ballad goop.

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even.

Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even.

Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 See More

glut 1 of 3

verb (1)

as in to surfeit

to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

surfeit
stuff
gorge
sate
fill
feast
cram
gobble
pig out
cloy
gulp
gormandize
guzzle
banquet
regale

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

diet
fast

glut

2 of 3

verb (2)

archaic

as in to devour

to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

Synonyms & Similar Words

devour
inhale
gulp
cram
gobble
wolf
slop
gorge
scoff
gormandize
scarf
ingurgitate
raven
bolt
pig out
swill
overeat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pick
nibble
peck

glut

3 of 3

noun

as in surplus

Synonyms & Similar Words

surplus
oversupply
surfeit
overabundance
excess
superabundance
superfluity
tide
current
overkill
flood
surge
overage
overmuch
deluge
overflow
rash
inundation
stream
outflow
torrent
spate
river
avalanche
burst
outpouring
flush
flood tide
gush
cataclysm
engulfment
barrage
cataract
bombardment
discharge
outburst
flurry
fusillade
salvo
blitzkrieg
volley
hail
drumbeat
earful
blitz
broadside
cannonade
shower
drumfire
storm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

trickle
drip
dribble

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel

readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

单词	glut
释义	glut 1 of 3 verb (1) ˈglət glutted; glutting transitive verb 1 : to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand The market is glutted with oil. 2 : to fill especially with food to satiety glutted themselves at the restaurant buffet intransitive verb : to eat gluttonously glut 2 of 3 noun 1 : an excessive quantity : oversupply a glut of oil on the market 2 archaic : the act or process of glutting glut 3 of 3 verb (2) glutted; glutting transitive verb archaic : to swallow greedily Synonyms Verb (1) cram gorge sate stuff surfeit Verb (2) bolt cram devour gobble gorge gormandize gulp ingurgitate inhale raven scarf scoff slop wolf See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Verb Now add on to that glut another category of product that stores have to deal with: returns. Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 June 2022 The internet is glutted with second-by-second countdown clocks and the mania is even spurring a hike in hiring by crypto firms worldwide. Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2020 Now, thanks largely to those export terminals, the global market is glutted. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020 That’s even as the market is already glutted, with prices down about 30% in 12 months. Fortune, 12 Nov. 2019 Because the market is glutted, all buyers can demand purity standards at or near the level China has set. Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2019 The current milk landscape is glutted with options, but only because nobody is happy. Rachel Sugar, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019 And in a third poster, featuring Captain America solo, Evans is twisted in a pose that exposes America’s glutes to full effect. Alex Abad-santos, Vox, 18 June 2019 The nation’s courtrooms have been glutted with millions of collection lawsuits, many of which are backed by thin documentation. Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 28 July 2016 Noun Meanwhile, the company’s steel business slumped amid a global glut that drove prices down. Krishna Pokharel, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, there has been negative news specifically pertaining to Bitcoin, including fears that the distribution of coins from the bankrupt Mt. Gox exchange could introduce a new glut on the market. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 As the industry faced a glut of giant theaters after years of overdevelopment, Regal declared bankruptcy in 2001 amid a wave of consolidation in the exhibition business. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Because people were driving less, a glut in supply resulted and is finally reaching consumers in the form of lower prices, Hart said. David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Supply chain challenges have left many retailers including Walmart and Target facing a glut of inventory that will take months to work through, meaning more and better product that usually would had sold can go to off-price stores. Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2022 Britney Jean is remembered as a wash-out, because of a glut of miserable ballad goop. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Verb (1) and Noun Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton Verb (2) probably from obsolete glut, noun, swallow First Known Use Verb (1) 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2 Noun circa 1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (2) 1600, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition glut 1 of 2 verb ˈglət glutted; glutting 1 : to make very full 2 : to flood with goods so that supply is greater than demand The market is glutted with new cars. glut 2 of 2 noun : too much of something glut 1 of 3 verb (1) as in to surfeit to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance surfeit stuff gorge sate fill feast cram gobble pig out cloy gulp gormandize guzzle banquet regale Antonyms & Near Antonyms diet fast glut 2 of 3 verb (2) archaic as in to devour to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men Synonyms & Similar Words devour inhale gulp cram gobble wolf slop gorge scoff gormandize scarf ingurgitate raven bolt pig out swill overeat Antonyms & Near Antonyms pick nibble peck glut 3 of 3 noun as in surplus Synonyms & Similar Words surplus oversupply surfeit overabundance excess superabundance superfluity tide current overkill flood surge overage overmuch deluge overflow rash inundation stream outflow torrent spate river avalanche burst outpouring flush flood tide gush cataclysm engulfment barrage cataract bombardment discharge outburst flurry fusillade salvo blitzkrieg volley hail drumbeat earful blitz broadside cannonade shower drumfire storm Antonyms & Near Antonyms trickle drip dribble Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food
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