A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price. A glut of heavy metal T shirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room.
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him.2.
Noun
the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Verb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"
Verb
supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
v. t.
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
v. t.
To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving
of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
v. i.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
n.
That which is swallowed.
n.
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.
n.
Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
n.
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
n.
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
n.
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
n.
An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.
n.
A block used for a fulcrum.
n.
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe,
Asia, the West Indies, etc.
Glut
Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him.2.
His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
Glut
Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.
Glut
A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.3.
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him.2.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
That which is swallowed.
Usage Examples
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.
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