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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

  • Eat

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.

Synonyms

  • Flood
  • Oversupply

Hypernyms

  • Supply
  • Provide
  • Furnish

Related Words

  • Glut (noun)
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