glut

1 of 3

verb (1)

ˈglət

glutted; glutting

Synonyms of glut next

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

Choose the Right Synonym for glut

satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion.

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

surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

Examples of glut in a Sentence

Verb (1) prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill Verb (2) it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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Verb

As Israel gluts the present with death and destruction, the future perfect has become a means of stirring timid Americans out of indifference and into something like sympathy for Palestinian lives. —

Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 There are small evolutions of technology and cultural attitudes, but in a TV landscape glutted by dystopias, having any optimism about life 30-ish years in the future borders on revolutionary. —

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Noun

Key to the trend's success was a glut of shared bikes, which can be rented for as little as $1.95 a month. —

Peter Guo, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024 Amid a glut of dour, depressed series with Serious Things to Say, a show that carries itself so lightly is absolutely welcome. —

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for glut

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

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The first known use of glut was in the 14th century

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Kids Definition

glut

1 of 2 verb

ˈglət

glutted; glutting

: to fill with food to the point of discomfort : stuff

: to flood with more goods than are needed

the market was glutted with fruit

glut

2 of 2 noun

: too much of something

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