GLUT


Meaning of GLUT in English

v. & n.

v.tr. (glutted, glutting) 1 feed (a person, one's stomach, etc.) or indulge (an appetite, a desire, etc.) to the full; satiate; cloy. 2 fill to excess; choke up. 3 Econ. overstock (a market) with goods.

n. 1 Econ. supply exceeding demand; a surfeit (a glut in the market). 2 full indulgence; one's fill.

[ ME prob. f. OF gloutir swallow f. L gluttire: cf. GLUTTON ]

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