English noun: glut | |||
1. | glut (attribute) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | ||
Synonyms | oversupply, surfeit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance | ||
English verb: glut | |||
1. | glut (consumption) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | ||
Samples | She stuffed herself at the dinner. The kids binged on ice cream. | ||
Synonyms | binge, englut, engorge, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
2. | glut (possession) supply with an excess of | ||
Samples | Flood the market with tennis shoes. Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient. | ||
Synonyms | flood, oversupply | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||