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glut

/ɡlət/

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noun

noun: glut; plural noun: gluts

1. an excessively abundant supply of something.

   "there is a glut of cars on the market"

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   Similar:

   surplus

   excess

   surfeit

   superfluity

   overabundance

   superabundance

   oversupply

   mountain

   too many

   too much

   more than enough

   plethora

   nimiety

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   Opposite:

   dearth

   scarcity

verb

verb: glut; 3rd person present: gluts; past tense: glutted; past participle: glutted; gerund or present participle: glutting

1. supply or fill to excess.

   "the factories for recycling paper are glutted"

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   Similar:

   cram full

   fill to excess

   overfill

   overload

   oversupply

   saturate

   supersaturate

   flood

   inundate

   deluge

   swamp

   choke

   clog

   stuff

   • archaic

     satisfy fully.

     "he planned a treacherous murder to glut his desire for revenge"

Origin

Middle English: probably via Old French from Latin gluttire ‘to swallow’; related to glutton.

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