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Webster 1913 Edition

Glut

Glut

(glŭt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Glutted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Glutting
.]
[OE.
glotten
, fr. OF.
glotir
,
gloutir
, L.
glutire
,
gluttire
; cf. Gr. [GREEK] to eat, Skr.
gar
. Cf.
Gluttion
,
Englut
.]
1.
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to
glut
him.
Shakespeare
2.
To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to
glut
the tyrant’s eyes.
Dryden.
The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to
glut
the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
C. Kingsley.
To glut the market
,
to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.

Glut

,
Verb.
I.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
Like three horses that have broken fence,
And
glutted
all night long breast-deep in corn.
Tennyson.

Glut

,
Noun.
1.
That which is swallowed.
Milton
2.
Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance;
as, a
glut
of the market
.
A
glut
of those talents which raise men to eminence.
Macaulay.
3.
Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
4.
(a)
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
(Mining)
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
Raymond
.
(c)
(Bricklaying)
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
Knight.
(d)
(Arch.)
An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
(e)
A block used for a fulcrum.
5.
(Zool.)
The broad-nosed eel (
Anguilla latirostris
), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glut

GLUT

,
Verb.
I.
[L. glutio, Low L. gluto, a glutton.]
1.
To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to gorge.
2.
To cloy; to fill beyond sufficiency; to sate; to disgust; as, to glut the appetites.
3.
To feast or delight even to satiety.
His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
4.
To fill or furnish beyond sufficiency; as, to glut the market.
5.
To saturate.

GLUT

,
Noun.
That which is swallowed.
1.
Plenty even to loathing.
He shall find himself miserable, even in the very glut of his delights.
A glut of study and retirement.
2.
More than enough; superabundance.
3.
Any thing that fills or obstructs the passage.
4.
A wooden wedge.

Definition 2024

Glut

Glut

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German

Noun

Glut f ‎(genitive Glut, plural Gluten)

  1. heat, glow
  2. ember

Related terms

References

  1. ↑ “Glut” in: Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

glut

glut

See also: Glut

English

Noun

glut ‎(plural gluts)

  1. an excess, too much
    a glut of the market
    • Macaulay
      A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
    • 2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC:
      Indeed, it was clear from the outset that anyone hoping for a repeat of last weekend's Premier League goal glut would have to look beyond St Andrew's.
  2. That which is swallowed.
    1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Second Edition, Book VI, 588-589.
    And all their entrails tore, disgorging foul / Their devilish glut, [...]
  3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
  4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
  5. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)
  6. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  7. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
  8. A block used for a fulcrum.
  9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

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Translations

Verb

glut ‎(third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted)

  1. To fill to capacity, to satisfy all requirement or demand, to sate.
    to glut one's appetite
    • Charles Kingsley
      The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
  2. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
    • Tennyson
      Like three horses that have broken fence, / And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “glut” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /glut/

Noun

glut m inan

  1. (colloquial) goo (semi-solid substance)
  2. (colloquial) booger (mucus)

Declension

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Glut.

Noun

glut ‎(plural gluts)

  1. glow

Declension

Etymology

From Old High German gluot, from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz. Cognates include English gleed, Dutch gloed, Icelandic glóð, Swedish glöd. [1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːt

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