glut 1 of 3

as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

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glut

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verb (2)

archaic
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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glut

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noun

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How is the word glut different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would cloy be a reasonable alternative to glut?

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When is it sensible to use gorge instead of glut?

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is pall a more appropriate choice than glut?

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How are the words satiate and sate related as synonyms of glut?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When can surfeit be used instead of glut?

While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of glut
Verb
In a story glutted with broad caricatures, Hunt and Liddy are maybe the broadest and perhaps the least inherently sympathetic. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023 In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style. Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
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Vineyards Will Be Ripped Out in Record Numbers A 2024 bumper crop in California’s vineyards and a decline in consumer wine purchases have led to a grape glut that saw tons of grapes unsold or even unpicked this year. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2025 Sag says there are ways to stand out from the big devices and glut of other AI gadgets in the mix. Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for glut 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
Noun
  • Here is the reality of the Hogan surplus and the handoff to the Moore administration: Hogan left Moore $2.5 billion in the rainy day fund.
    Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Los Angeles would have to clear a 40-man spot for Yates, which means the Dodgers could look to move from that relief surplus.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Therefore, oversupply remains as much of an area of concern for SAF sellers as undersupply remains one for the buyers.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • There are projected to be more than 12 million new university graduates in 2025, a vast oversupply considering the country’s youth unemployment rate of 18.8 percent.
    Peidong Sun, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Toward the island’s center, explore mountainous terrain cloaked in tea plantations and a surfeit of Buddhist and Hindu temples.
    Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In the living room, on the lower floor, a contemporary Ashley Hicks chandelier illuminates a circa 1920 Japanese lacquered table and an array of plush seating in varied materials and colors—all surrounded by a surfeit of art and objects made across five centuries and nearly as many continents.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Jeff Probst’s post-pandemic makeover of the landmark reality show has its irksome tendencies: a too-formulaic structure (why are we locked into three tribes of six every season?), an overabundance of advantages, the decision to cast exclusively superfans whose life’s dream is to be on Survivor.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • There’s always going to be glut—or not glut, that has a negative connotation, but an overabundance of programming.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The timing makes sense: After a holiday season filled with cocktail parties and not-so-healthy meals, the idea of cleansing the body of excess seems attractive.
    Vicky Vera, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Magnificent Seven companies reporting in the week ahead could unlock the next leg of the rally, as investors bet that earnings growth fueled by artificial intelligence could power a market some worry has gone to excess.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Later in the morning, experts will take a look at the start-up landscape and the trajectory for global interest rates, while the afternoon will see a range of public figures consider the rise of economic nationalism, the future of healthcare and whether Latin America’s economic tide is turning.
    Sam Meredith,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Coulibaly cannot turn the tide of Leicester’s season alone, though.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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