3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Glut \Glut\ (gl[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glutting}.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. ? to eat, Skr. gar. Cf. {Gluttion}, {Englut}.] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. [1913 Webster] Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. [1913 Webster] His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] {To glut the market}, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: glutting See {glut} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: glut n : the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: {oversupply}, {surfeit}] v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream" [syn: {gorge}, {ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {englut}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overgorge}, {overeat}, {gormandize}, {gormandise}, {gourmandize}, {binge}, {pig out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}] 2: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" [syn: {flood}, {oversupply}] [also: {glutting}, {glutted}]
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