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glut
[ gluht ]
verb (used with object)
- to feed or fill to satiety; sate:
to glut the appetite.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to eat to satiety or to excess.
Synonyms: ,
noun
- a full supply.
- an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.
Synonyms: , ,
- an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.
glut
/ ɡʌ /
noun
- 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
verb
- to feed or supply beyond capacity
- to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it
- to cram full or choke up
to glut a passage
glut
- An oversupply of goods on the market.
Derived Forms
- ˈܳٳپԲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܳtԲ· adverb
- v·ܳ verb (used with object) overglutted overglutting
- ܲ·ܳt adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of glut1
Example Sentences
Trump tariffs in 2016 sent a glut of cheap Chinese imports, originally intended for the US, into South East Asia, hurting many local manufacturers.
Global over-production of steel has created "a glut of steel on the international market", according to a UK government briefing on the industry, which has pushed prices down.
It's that ebullient zest for discovery that's kept Steves such a durable resource in a field now glutted with dubiously qualified influencers.
Expecting a glut of immigrants in detention, Trump signed a memo ordering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to prepare the prison to hold 30,000 additional detainees.
The result of this nutritionally deficient, empty-caloried glut is often disease.
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