Dictionary Definition
glut n : the quality of being so overabundant
that prices fall [syn: oversupply, surfeit]
Verb
1 overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of
oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on
icecream" [syn: gorge,
ingurgitate,
overindulge,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf
out]
2 supply with an excess of; "flood the market
with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the
Orient" [syn: flood,
oversupply] [also:
glutting, glutted]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌt
Noun
- an excess, too much
Antonyms
Extensive Definition
The word glut may refer to:
- Glut, a supposed German translation of Fornjót from Norse mythology
- GLUT, short for 'OpenGL Utility Toolkit', a library of utilities for OpenGL computer programs
- glucose transporter in biology
- "Glut: Mastering Information Through The Ages" is a book by Alex Wright
glut in German: Glut
Glut is also an agricultural term refering to an
excess of a particular commodity/item and thus lower market
value.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
allay,
batten, be infinitely
repetitive, be tedious, bellyful, bolt, bolt down, choke, clog, cloy, congest, congestion, cram, crowd, deluge, devour, drag on, drench, engorge, engorgement, excess, fatigue, feast, fill, fill up, flood, fullness, glutting, gluttonize, go on forever,
gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, gulp down, guttle, guzzle, hyperemia, inundate, irk, jade, jam, jam-pack, live to eat, more
than enough, nimiety,
overbrimming,
overburden, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overflow, overfreight, overfullness, overgorge, overlade, overload, oversaturate, overspill, overstock, overstuff, oversupply, overweight, pack, pall, plethora, raven, repletion, sate, satiate, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, satisfy, saturate, saturatedness, saturation, saturation point,
sicken, skinful, slake, snootful, soak, stall, stodge, stuff, superabundance, supercharge, superfluity, supersaturate, supersaturation,
surcharge, surfeit, surplus, swamp, tire, tire to death, wear, wear on, weary, wolf, wolf down