glut 1 of 3

as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

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glut

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verb (2)

archaic
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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glut

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noun

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How is the word glut different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would cloy be a reasonable alternative to glut?

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When is it sensible to use gorge instead of glut?

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is pall a more appropriate choice than glut?

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How are the words satiate and sate related as synonyms of glut?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When can surfeit be used instead of glut?

While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of glut
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Solar power and electrical charging Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024 Solar power and electrical charging Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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Executives on both sides of the bargaining table acknowledge that downward pressure on streaming ad rates — spurred largely by a glut of new inventory coming into the market from Amazon Prime Video and Netflix — won’t be as severe as last year. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025 Why a big worry still looms A CT city's glut of office space is being converted into apartments. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for glut
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  • But the portion of the decision that raised the most hackles revised the rules so that new rooftop solar customers would no longer be credited at the retail rate of electricity when their systems generated surplus energy.
    Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
  • The investment bank sees a surplus of 1 million bpd this year and 1.5 million bpd in 2026.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 June 2025
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  • Cobalt and nickel prices have collapsed since 2022 and both are now in oversupply worldwide.
    Victor Vescovo, Time, 22 May 2025
  • Philippine builders from Ayala Land to the billionaire Sy family’s SM Prime are slowing down the construction and marketing of new high-rise housing projects as the real estate industry grapples with an oversupply of middle-income condominiums in Metro Manila.
    Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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  • The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.
    Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
  • However, the speculative bubble, which saw a surfeit of product land on the market, needs to be addressed.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • Zucchini overabundance is a common predicament for home gardeners.
    Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • However, part of the beauty of the NFL Draft is how much gold can be mined out of mid- and late-round selections on Day 3, even in a class without an overabundance of depth.
    Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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  • Read More: Lee Jae-myung Aims to Steer South Korea Through Crisis A populist shaped by his years as a labor and human rights lawyer, Lee has long advocated for a stronger state role in redistributing economic gains and curbing the excesses of South Korea’s powerful conglomerates.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 3 June 2025
  • But the soft power derived from American culture will not survive the excesses of the U.S. government during the next four years if American democracy continues to erode and the country acts as a bully abroad.
    Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
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  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Espinosa, who only assumed leadership of the Japanese automaker in April, faces an uphill battle to change the tide of Nissan's whittled down fortunes.
    Ruxandra Iordache,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 June 2025
  • But now, the sight of American airplanes over Manila signaled a shift in the tide of war.
    Jeff Langholz, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025

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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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