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.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.