GLUT


Meaning of GLUT in English

I. ˈglət verb

( glut·ted ; glut·ting )

Etymology: Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1. : to fill especially with food to satiety

2. : to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand

intransitive verb

: to eat gluttonously

Synonyms: see satiate

II. noun

Date: circa 1546

1. : an excessive quantity : oversupply

2. archaic : the act or process of glutting

III. transitive verb

( glut·ted ; glut·ting )

Etymology: probably from obsolete glut, noun, swallow

Date: 1600

archaic : to swallow greedily

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.