Definition

1. Noun:

   • An excessive supply or amount of something that exceeds demand: A "glut" refers to a situation where there is too much of a product or commodity available, often leading to a decrease in its price or value.
   • The act of overeating or consuming to excess: "Glut" can also describe the action of eating an immoderately large amount of food.

2. Verb:

   • To supply or fill with an excessive amount: To "glut" means to oversupply or flood a market, place, or system with more of something than is needed or can be absorbed.
   • To overeat or consume greedily: To "glut" oneself means to eat to excess.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The recent harvest created a glut of wheat, causing prices to collapse.
  • After the holiday feast, he felt ill from his glut.

• Verb:

  • Manufacturers glutted the market with cheap electronics.
  • The children glutted on candy during the party.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in a glut": to be in a state of oversupply.

  • The housing market is currently in a glut, with many unsold properties.

• "to glut on": to indulge excessively in something (often food or entertainment).

  • On weekends, he likes to glut on old movies.

Variants and Related Words

• Glutinous (adj): having a glue-like quality; sticky. (Note: This is a distinct word related to 'glue', not a direct variant of 'glut' in the sense of excess).
• Glutton (n): a person who eats or consumes too much.
• Gluttony (n): the habit or act of eating too much.

Synonyms

• Noun (excess supply): Surplus, oversupply, surfeit, plethora.
• Verb (to oversupply): Flood, saturate, oversupply, deluge.
• Verb (to overeat): Gorge, binge, overindulge, stuff.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

• Glut with: To fill or supply excessively with something.
  • The company glutted the shelves with new products before the launch.

Related Idioms

• A glut on the market: A specific phrase describing an excessive supply of goods for sale.
  • The invention caused a glut on the market for older models.

Noun

1. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

Verb

1. supply with an excess of
   • flood the market with tennis shoes
   • Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
2. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
   • She stuffed herself at the dinner
   • The kids binged on ice cream