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Definition of Glut
1. Noun. The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall.
Generic synonyms: Overabundance, Overmuch, Overmuchness, Superabundance
Derivative terms: Oversupply
2. Verb. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. "The kids binged on ice cream"
Generic synonyms: Eat
Derivative terms: Binge, Engorgement, Gorger, Gourmand, Gourmandizer, Overeating, Overindulgence
3. Verb. Supply with an excess of. "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
Derivative terms: Flood, Oversupply
Definition of Glut
1. v. t. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
2. v. i. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
3. n. That which is swallowed.
Definition of Glut
1. to feed or fill to excess [v GLUTTED, GLUTTING, GLUTS]
Medical Definition of Glut
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1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. "Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him." (Shak)
2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. "His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes." (Dryden) "The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace." (C. Kingsley) To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
Origin: OE. Glotten, fr. OF. Glotir, gloutir, L. Glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. To eat, Skr. Gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut.
1. That which is swallowed.
2. 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. "A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence." (Macaulay)
3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin. A block used for a fulcrum.
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