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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.
[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
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| Noun | 1. | glut - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall 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" |
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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
surfeit lack, shortage, want, scarcity, dearth, paucity
verb
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glut
verbnounAn amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:
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Translations
وُفْرَه، فَيْض
nadbytek
overskud
liikaylijäämäylimääräinen
offramboî
galybė
pārpilnībapārsātinātība
bollukfazlalık
glut
[glʌt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
glut
[ˈglʌt] vt [+ market] → encombrer
to be glutted [market, economy] → être saturé(e)
to be glutted with sth → être saturé(e) de qch
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
n → Schwemme f; (of manufactured goods also) → Überangebot nt (→ of an +dat); a glut of oil → ein Überangebot an Öl
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
glut
(glat) noun too great a supply. There has been a glut of apples this year.
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