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GLUT
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Irregular inflected forms: glutted , glutting
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Synonyms:
glut; oversupply; surfeit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("glut" is a kind of...):
overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)
Derivation:
glut (supply with an excess of)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they glut ... he / she / it gluts
Past simple: glutted
Past participle: glutted
-ing form: glutting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Example:
The kids binged on ice cream
Synonyms:
binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "glut" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Supply with an excess of
Example:
Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
Synonyms:
flood; glut; oversupply
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "glut" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Derivation:
glut (the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall)
