glut
To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sateTo fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
» Cheap imports will glut the market.
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3 senses(transitive)To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
to glut one's appetite
auffüllen, sättigen, befriedigen
(transitive)To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
überschwemmen
(intransitive)To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Examples
5 sentencesCheap imports will glut the market.
The market is glutted with cheap imports.
ruРынок пресыщен дешевым импортом. — shanghainese
We glutted ourselves with lobsters and other seafood.
ruМы объедались омарами и прочими дарами моря. — shanghainese
There was a glut of cotton goods due to cheap imports.
He often bemoaned the glut of capital sloshing around the industry.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /gInherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).
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Forms
gluts, glutting, glutted, gluttedSynonyms
17 synonyms- supply with an excess of:floodoversupply
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself:gorgeingurgitateoverindulgeenglutstuffengorgeovergorgeovereat
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle