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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of glut
as in gorges
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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gluts

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of glut, archaic
as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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gluts

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noun

plural of glut
as in surpluses

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gluts
  1. gorges
  2. devours
  3. surpluses
  4. stuffs
  5. inhales
  6. excesses
  7. gulps
  8. overages
Verb
  • Once in Dun, Mathilda gorges herself on strange delicacies while assembling disparate pieces of Hermia.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of gorges
Verb
  • The larvae come from the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, which invades open wounds or the mucous membranes of body openings in any warm-blooded animal, including humans, and devours tissue, causing the wounds to become increasingly deep and painful.
    — Abraham Tellez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The fungus then slowly devours the ant, sprouting through its head in one final indignity.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of devours
Noun
  • The state has been using those surpluses chiefly to build reserves and reduce the state’s hefty pension debt, which still exceeds $30 billion.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Fulton argued the proposition effectively would limit clinics from accumulating surpluses and reserves.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of surpluses
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  • Wilson is again a dominant force on both ends of the floor, stuffs the box score with points, rebounds and blocks, and has improved every season while keeping the Aces as a perennial contender.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Definition of stuffs
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  • The child inhales for four counts, holds for four counts, exhales for four counts and holds again for four counts.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The chemical is particularly tough on the human respiratory system and, depending on how much a person inhales, MMA can cause everything from sore throats and cough to dizziness, nausea and, at the highest levels, damage to the nervous system, Kleinman said.
    — Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Definition of inhales
Noun
  • At the exact same time, young, upstart groups like the Ramones and the Clash were forming in response to the corporatization of rock, the bloated egos of its biggest stars, and the excesses of prog with the back-to-basics minimalism of punk.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For general appreciators, the series’ excesses and redundancies are likely to be frustrating, as are its frequent lack of focus and general sense of over-sanitization.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of excesses
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  • The customer gulps it down in a single stretch and drops it into a bin – visible proof of his relief, at least for this moment, from the sweltering heat.
    — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026
  • What's more, while virtually all VTOLs being developed these days are electric, the Janus-1 is powered by a turboshaft engine that gulps n' burns diesel, kerosene or Jet A fuel.
    — Ben Coxworth October 21, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of gulps
Noun
  • Contractors can actually face fines from GDOT if closing overages cause damage.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The same Congress that routinely spent any overages in Social Security tax collections will soon enough dip into general revenues to pay full Social Security benefits.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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“Gluts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gluts. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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