GLUT (glutted, glutting)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glut mean?
• GLUT (noun)
The noun GLUT has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Familiarity information: GLUT used as a noun is very rare.
• GLUT (verb)
The verb GLUT has 2 senses:
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
2. supply with an excess of
Familiarity information: GLUT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLUT (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
glut; oversupply; surfeit
Hypernyms ("glut" is a kind of...):
overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)
• GLUT (verb)
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; scarf out; gourmandize; gormandize; gormandise; gorge; glut; engorge; englut; binge; satiate; stuff
Context examples:
She stuffed herself at the dinner / The kids binged on icecream
Hypernyms (to "glut" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Supply with an excess of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
oversupply; glut; flood
Context examples:
flood the market with tennis shoes / Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
Hypernyms (to "glut" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
