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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024glut /glʌt/USA pronunciation v., glut•ted, glut•ting, n. v. [~ + object] - to feed or fill too much:to glut oneself with candy.
- to flood (a market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand:The market was glutted with luxury cars.
n. [countable] - an overly large supply or amount.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glut (glut),USA pronunciation v., glut•ted, glut•ting, n. v.t. - to feed or fill to satiety;
sate:to glut the appetite. - to feed or fill to excess;
cloy. - to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- to choke up:to glut a channel.
v.i. - to eat to satiety or to excess.
n. - a full supply.
- an excessive supply or amount;
surfeit. - an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.
- Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton1 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged surfeit, stuff, satiate.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gorge, cram.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged surplus, excess, superabundance.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: glut /ɡlʌt/ n - an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price
- the act of glutting or state of being glutted
vb (gluts, glutting, glutted)(transitive)- to feed or supply beyond capacity
- to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton1 |