Glut (Verb)
Meaning 1
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- He glutted on pizza at the all-you-can-eat buffet, eating seven slices in under an hour.
- She glutted on chocolates during the holiday season, indulging in the sweet treats daily.
- The guests glutted on the lavish spread of food at the wedding reception.
- The kids glutted on candy at the fair, eating handful after handful of sweets.
- He glutted on his favorite snack during the football game, munching on chips nonstop.
Synonyms
- Gormandise
- Gormandize
- Stuff
- Gourmandize
- Gorge
- Scarf Out
- Overindulge
- Engorge
- Binge
- Pig Out
- Englut
- Satiate
- Overgorge
- Ingurgitate
- Overeat
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The manufacturer's sudden decision to glut the market with low-priced e-readers resulted in significant financial losses for competitors.
- Large quantities of cheap clothing glutted the local market, making it difficult for domestic textile manufacturers to compete.
- A recent boom in shale oil production threatens to glut the global energy market with cheap crude.
- Importing generic medicines at dirt-cheap prices has glutted the developing countries' pharmaceutical markets.
- The global technology giant's low-cost tablet computers have glutted the budget-conscious consumer market.