glut

Noun

1. An excess, too much.
2. That which is swallowed.
3. Something that fills up an opening.
4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5. A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
6. A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
7. An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
8. A block used for a fulcrum.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
10. (British) Five goals scored by one player in a game.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
2. (transitive) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
3. (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

Opposite of

lack, shortage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡlʌt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: glotien

Cognate with French: engloutir

In summary

Inherited 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”).

Synonyms

surfeit

gorge

engorge

overindulge

satiate

oversupply

stuff

ingurgitate

englut

cloy

overgorge

devour

excess

binge

overabundance

overeat

overflow

flood

overstock

surplus

gobble

gormandise

gourmandize

pig out

scarf out

gormandize

saturate

saturation

superabundance

superfluity

tire

weary

😩

wedge

have enough

overweight

closer brick

bat

🦇

owerflow

bore

chock

clog

closer

cloyingness

cram

eat

🍽️

glutting

imbue

impregnate

overcrowd

overfull

Translations

surabondance

plétora

eccesso

hartazgo

überfüllen

glotonear

rassasier

excès

surplus

Überfluß

Überschuß

überhäufe

saturare

inundar

s’empiffrer