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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 meaningsnoun
An excess, too much.
“a glut of the market”
That which is swallowed.
Something that fills up an opening.
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
miningA piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
bricklayingA bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
architectureAn arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
A block used for a fulcrum.
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
UKassociation footballFive goals scored by one player in a game.
The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Similar: oversupply, surfeit
verb
To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
“to glut one's appetite”
economicsTo provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
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).