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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Related Stories This awards season has brought a glut of riches. Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025 The world’s major oil producers agreed to raise output again, a move that raised fears of a supply glut and could further dampen prices. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to builder strategies, shifting home designs and a new construction glut the trend has flipped. Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 And while May is also a busy month for ESPN and TNT, which in late spring are glutted with live NBA and NHL playoff games, cable as a whole accounted for less than a quarter (24.1%) of all consumption last month. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for glut
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  • Despite the early playoff exit, Boston's future looks bright, with the team boasting a surplus of talented young players, including Roman Anthony.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The school had a surplus of some items — like dozens of conga drums found in an instrument inventory, still wrapped in plastic — and a shortage of others, like student textbooks.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The sell off comes as oil prices hit a 4-month low due to concerns about oversupply in the market.
    Adrian van Hauwermeiren, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
  • While the boom in solar has reshaped India’s energy sector, a daytime oversupply — and insufficient batteries to store the excess power — has brought midday prices down to zero, sparking fears of cooling investor interest.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • From a surfeit of forwards, the Mavs are glaringly lacking in guards.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe the nuns could be transformed into spa therapists at a wellness retreat and the toxin explained away as a surfeit of matcha.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • As estrogen decreases during menopause, nerves in the hypothalamus — an almond-size region deep inside the brain whose functions include helping regulate the body’s thermostat — become hyperactive and produce an overabundance of chemical signals called neurokinins.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This phenomenon is attributed to an overabundance of nutrient intake and the presence of invasive species such as crayfish and clams.
    Amelia Wu, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • During winter months when water demand is low, the city would have to store the excess in either a reservoir or some kind of storage basin.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Millions remain far from liberated from economic pressure, and few of us feel burdened by an excess of free time.
    Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The 6,500-square-foot three-story contemporary is minimalist in decor but teeming with superfluities, including an elevator, a first-floor gym, a screening room, an infrared sauna and a master-bedroom walk-in closet bigger (and tidier) than my SoHo apartment.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 29 July 2025
  • After which, see its superfluity yet again relative to market entities that have long and capably filled central bank functions of providing near-term liquidity to the solvent, along with regulation to ensure sound operation based on those loans.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
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  • Like the tides, the house is designed for effortless movement and flow.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There is the possibility of a significant storm surge and destructive waves along the southeast coast of Cuba late on Tuesday or on Wednesday with peak storm surge heights up to 11 feet above normal tide levels.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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