glut

UK: /ˈglʌt/ US: /glʌt/ ,(glut)

Inflections of 'glut' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

gluts

v 3rd person singular

glutting

v pres p

glutted

v past

glutted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

glut /glʌt/   v., glut•ted, glut•ting, n. 
v. [~ + object]

1. to feed or fill too much:
   to glut oneself with candy.
2. to flood (a market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand:
   The market was glutted with luxury cars.

n. [countable]

3. an overly large supply or amount.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

glut  (glut), v., glut•ted, glut•ting, n. 
v.t. 

1. to feed or fill to satiety;
   sate:
   to glut the appetite.
2. to feed or fill to excess;
   cloy.
3. to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
4. to choke up:
   to glut a channel.

v.i. 

5. to eat to satiety or to excess.

n. 

6. a full supply.
7. an excessive supply or amount;
   surfeit.
8. an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.

• Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton¹ 1275–1325

glut′ting•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. surfeit, stuff, satiate.
• 5. gorge, cram.
• 7. surplus, excess, superabundance.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

glut / ɡlʌt/ noun

1. an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price
2. the act of glutting or state of being glutted

verb (gluts, glutting, glutted)(transitive)

1. to feed or supply beyond capacity
2. to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it

Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton¹