Glut

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒt

Origin

From Old French gloter (cf French engloutir ("to devour"), glouton ("glutton"))), from Latin gluttio ("I swallow"). Akin to Russian глотать ("to swallow")

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Full definition of glut

Noun

1. an excess, too mucha glut of the market
• MacaulayA glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
• 2011, February 12, Les Roopanarine, Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke, Indeed, it was clear from the outset that anyone hoping for a repeat of last weekend's Premier League goal glut would have to look beyond St Andrew's.
2. That which is swallowed.
3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
6. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
7. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
8. A block used for a fulcrum.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Synonyms

• excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus

Antonyms

• lack
• shortage

Related terms

• glutton
• gluttony

Verb

1. To fill to capacity, to satisfy all requirement or demand, to sate.to glut one's appetite
• Charles KingsleyThe realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
2. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
• TennysonLike three horses that have broken fence,
  And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.