glut
verb/ɡlʌt/
/ɡlʌt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they glut | /ɡlʌt/ /ɡlʌt/ |
| he / she / it gluts | /ɡlʌts/ /ɡlʌts/ |
| past simple glutted | /ˈɡlʌtɪd/ /ˈɡlʌtɪd/ |
| past participle glutted | /ˈɡlʌtɪd/ /ˈɡlʌtɪd/ |
| -ing form glutting | /ˈɡlʌtɪŋ/ /ˈɡlʌtɪŋ/ |
- to supply or provide something with too much of something
- be glutted (with something) The market has been glutted with foreign cars.
Word OriginMiddle English: probably via Old French from Latin gluttire ‘to swallow’; related to glutton.Definitions on the go
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