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Meaning of 'glut' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Glut [ n.]
- That which is swallowed.
- Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market.
- Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
2 . Glut [ v. i.]
- To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
3 . Glut [ v. t.]
- To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
- To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.

Meaning of 'glut' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . glut [ v]
Meaning (1):
- supply with an excess of
Example in sentence:
  • flood the market with tennis shoes;
  • Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
Meaning (2):
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Example in sentence:
  • She stuffed herself at the dinner;
  • The kids binged on ice cream

Nearby Words:

glucic glucina glucinic glucinum glucogen glucogenesis gluconic glucose glucoside glucosuria

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