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verb (used with object)
1.
to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
2.
to feed or fill to excess; cloy.
3.
to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
4.
to choke up: to glut a channel.
verb (used without object)
5.
to eat to satiety or to excess.
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Glut
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is lollygag. Does it mean:
| to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly. |
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
noun
6.
a full supply.
7.
an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.
8.
an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.
Related forms
glut·ting·ly, adverb
o·ver·glut, verb (used with object), o·ver·glut·ted, o·ver·glut·ting.
un·glut·ted, adjective
Synonyms
1. surfeit, stuff, satiate. 5. gorge, cram. 7. surplus, excess, superabundance.
1. surfeit, stuff, satiate. 5. gorge, cram. 7. surplus, excess, superabundance.
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Example Sentences
- The fact that there is a glut of candidates for few job positions seems more plausible.
- The glut of applications means admissions offices must deny an increasing proportion of students.
- Following the glut of games that release during the winter months, we're faced with a drought during the summer.
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Word Origin & History
glut
early 14c., "to swallow too much, to feed to repletion," probably from O.Fr. gloter "to swallow, gulp down," from L. gluttire "swallow, gulp down," from PIE base *glu- "to swallow" (cf. Rus. glot "draught, gulp"). The noun (1530s), from the verb, originally meant "a gulp;" meaning "condition of being
EXPANDfull or sated" is 1570s; mercantile sense is first recorded 1590s.
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