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glut

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As a noun, glut means an excess, too much. As a verb, it means fill to capacity.

Meanings of glut

15 meanings

noun

  1. An excess, too much.

    “a glut of the market”

  2. That which is swallowed.

  3. Something that fills up an opening.

  4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

  5. miningA piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

  6. bricklayingA bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

  7. architectureAn arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.

  8. A block used for a fulcrum.

  9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

  10. UKassociation footballFive goals scored by one player in a game.

  11. The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

    Similar: oversupply, surfeit

verb

  1. To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

    “to glut one's appetite”

  2. economicsTo provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.

  3. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

  4. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

    “She stuffed herself at the dinner”

    “The kids binged on ice cream”

    Similar: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, stuff, engorge

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

glut around the world

UKFive goals scored by one player in a game.

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noun: the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
gorgeingurgitateoverindulgeenglutstuffengorgeovergorgeovereat
verb: supply with an excess of

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