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verb (1)

ˈglət How to pronounce glut (audio)
Definition of glutnext
as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

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verb (2)

archaic
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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glut

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noun

as in surplus

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How is the word glut different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would cloy be a reasonable alternative to glut?

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When is it sensible to use gorge instead of glut?

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is pall a more appropriate choice than glut?

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How are the words satiate and sate related as synonyms of glut?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When can surfeit be used instead of glut?

While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of glut
Verb
In a story glutted with broad caricatures, Hunt and Liddy are maybe the broadest and perhaps the least inherently sympathetic. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023 In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style. — Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Noun
The sudden glut of coins forced creators to come up with ways to differentiate their projects, sometimes going to elaborate and sometimes dangerous lengths to attract attention to their coins and compete with celebrities’ large online followings. — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2025 Kenny Lofton and Jim Edmonds, to name two, at least deserved a hearing but didn’t make the 5% minimum requirement because of the glut of candidates. — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
  1. surplus
  2. oversupply
  3. surfeit
  4. overabundance
  5. excess
  6. superfluity
  7. tide
Noun
  • The province generates enough power to sell its surplus to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota, providing light to about 1.5 million U.S. homes and businesses.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The example captured in Kursk might be the 81st. Worse for the Ukrainians, no more Bradleys are coming unless the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump pledges additional copies from U.S. Army surplus.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • An ongoing reduction in the demand for housing leads to an oversupply of vacant properties.
    — Camila Alvayay Torrejon, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
  • As the current trading year nears its end, crude oil markets are heading to 2025 in a largely bearish mood on familiar concerns of oversupply, lackluster demand from China and a stronger dollar.
    — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • These new forms of rational approach to the natural world created a surfeit of information often conveyed through equally new modes of visual address.
    — Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Toward the island’s center, explore mountainous terrain cloaked in tea plantations and a surfeit of Buddhist and Hindu temples.
    — Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of surfeit
Noun
  • Americans have an overabundance of omega-6s in their bodies due to their use in ultraprocessed foods and eating at fast food establishments.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Drive For Efficiency In 2023, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg identified a growing issue within his company: an overabundance of management layers.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of overabundance
Noun
  • In reaction to the excesses and ideological overreach of the Left, a meaningful portion of the Right will embrace figures deemed sufficiently anti-elite, anti-globalist, and anti-woke — regardless of the evidence against their character or integrity.
    — Liam Siegler, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
  • If shutdowns and debt ceiling clashes aren’t tools to curb federal excess, what else is?
    — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of excess
Noun
  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Not business as usual The transition team has been grappling with an agency that has a superfluity of field centers—ten spread across the United States, as well as a formal headquarters in Washington, DC—and large, slow-moving programs that cost a lot of money and have been slow to deliver results.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of superfluity
Noun
  • That shifting of tides can feel unsettling for team members without clear communication.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Changed by the tides of history, the streets are unrecognizable.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of tide

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