19 June 2017
glut
[gluht]
verb (used with object), glutted, glutting.
1. to feed or fill to satiety; sate:
to glut the appetite.
2. to feed or fill to excess; cloy.
3. to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
4. to choke up:
to glut a channel.
verb (used without object), glutted, glutting.
5. to eat to satiety or to excess.
noun
6. a full supply.
7. an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.
8. an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.
Origin of glut
Middle English
1275-1325; Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton1
Related forms
gluttingly, adverb
overglut, verb (used with object), overglutted, overglutting.
unglutted, adjective
Synonyms
1. surfeit, stuff, satiate. 5. gorge, cram. 7. surplus, excess, superabundance.
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Examples from the Web for glut
Contemporary Examples
But should you lack the energy to sift through the glut of options yourself, we can at least helpfully endorse this one.
WGN’s ‘Manhattan’ Is Summer’s Best New Show. But Will Anyone Watch?
Kevin Fallon
July 26, 2014
But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races
David Freedlander
January 8, 2015
Despite the glut of vampire-centric entertainment, Let Me In offers a novel, haunting take on the genre.
Let Me In Is the Anti-Twilight
Jace Lacob
September 28, 2010
Surpluses set in motion a process that ends the glut : Just watch the last half hour of a garage sale.
When the Economy Is Bad, Debt Gets Worse
Megan McArdle
September 11, 2012
Tallinn feels palpably Scandinavian with its polished old-town brick, seaside positioning and glut of cool cafes.
Next Stop, Quito: Our Top Cities for 2015
Brandon Presser
December 18, 2014
Historical Examples
The supreme moment had arrived when Mr. Hugh Price was to glut his vengeance.
The Real America in Romance, Volume 6;
John R. Musick
When there is a glut in the market, Jonathan, you know what happens.
The Common Sense of Socialism
John Spargo
He determined, therefore, to put on the bravado, and glut that revenge upon his still surviving victim.
All-Hallow Eve; or, The Test of Futurity.
Robert Curtis
You may glut yourself with his suffering and feed fat your revenge.
Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer
Cyrus Townsend Brady
They may come upon him when he sleeps and glut their revenge; but you will be safe.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
Washington Irving
Today’s quote
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
– Blaise Pascal
On this day
19 June 1623 – birth of Blaise Pascal, controversial French mathematician, physicist, inventor and writer. Formulated ‘Pascal’s Triangle’, a tabular presentation for binomial coefficients, challenged Aristotle’s followers who claimed that ‘nature abhors a vacuum’. The computer programming language, ‘Pascal’, is named in his honour. Died 19 August 1662.
19 June 1945 – birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient.
19 June 1978 – The original Grumpy Cat, Garfield, first appears in newspaper comic strips in the USA.