glut

(glŭt)

v., glut·ted, glut·ting, gluts.

v.tr.

1. To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate.
2. To flood (a market) with an excess of goods so that supply exceeds demand.

v.intr.
To eat or indulge in something excessively.

n.
An oversupply.

[Middle English glotten, probably from Old French glotoiier, to eat greedily, from Latin gluttīre.]

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overproduction of a good or service; specifically, situation in which the available supply will not all be bought at the current price.

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verb

To satisfy to the full or to excess: cloy, engorge, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, surfeit. See excess/insufficiency/enough, full/empty/capacity.

noun

An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

n

Definition: overabundance
Antonyms: emptiness, insufficiency, lack, need, undersupply, want

v

Definition: choke; oversupply
Antonyms: abstain, diet, empty, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress, undersupply

An oversupply of goods on the market.

IN BRIEF: To stuff oneself with food. Also: To supply with more than is needed.

There was an absolute glut of desserts on the buffet table.

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an abbr. commonly used for glucose transporter.

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• Commerce and Trade - glut: large oversupply of goods

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overflod, overmål
v. tr. - oversvømme, overfylde, mætte, sluge grådigt
v. intr. - overfylde sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
(over)verzadigen, (zich) volstoppen, overspoelen (m.n. markt) met product, overvloed, overschot

Français (French)
n. - surplus, (gén) surabondance
v. tr. - inonder (un marché)
v. intr. - se gorger (de)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überschuß, Schwemme
v. - überschwemmen, verstopfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κορεσμός, υπεραφθονία, πλημμύρισμα της αγοράς
v. - υπερπληρώνω, (κατα)πλημμυρίζω, ταϊζω μέχρι κορεσμού, μπουκώνω, πλημμυρίζω την αγορά

Italiano (Italian)
eccesso, scorpacciata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saciedade (f), indigestão (f) (Med.), excesso (m)
v. - fartar, empanturrar, atulhar, empanturrar-se

Русский (Russian)
большой глоток, избыток, пресыщение, насыщать, неумеренно предаваться

Español (Spanish)
n. - excedente, sobra, sobrante, superávit, abastecimiento completo
v. tr. - alimentarse hasta la saciedad o en exceso, saturar el mercado con un producto
v. intr. - alimentarse hasta la saciedad o en exceso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överflöd, frossande
v. - översvämma, proppa full, tillfredsställa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大量, 充斥, 满足, 狼吞虎咽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大量, 充斥
v. tr. - 滿足, 充斥
v. intr. - 狼吞虎咽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 배불리 먹음, 과잉 공급
v. tr. - 많이 먹다, 과도하게 공급을 하다
v. intr. - 많이 먹다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 十分に満たす, 過剰に供給する
n. - 供給過剰, 過多

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اتخام, وفرة (فعل) يتخم, يغرق الاسواق بالسلع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שפע, עודף-היצע, התפנקות‬
v. tr. - ‮נחנק, הלעיט, הציף, פיטם‬
v. intr. - ‮אכל לשובע, אכל למעלה מהמידה‬

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