glut

American  

[gluht] / glʌt /

verb (used with object)

glutted, glutting

1. to feed or fill to satiety; sate.

   to glut the appetite.

   Synonyms:

   satiate, stuff, surfeit

2. to feed or fill to excess; cloy.

3. to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.

4. to choke up.

   to glut a channel.

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verb (used without object)

glutted, glutting

1. to eat to satiety or to excess.

   Synonyms:

   cram, gorge

noun

1. a full supply.

2. an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.

   Synonyms:

   superabundance, excess, surplus

3. an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.

glut British  

/ ɡlʌt /

noun

1. an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price

2. the act of glutting or state of being glutted

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verb

1. to feed or supply beyond capacity

2. to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it

3. to cram full or choke up

   to glut a passage

glut Cultural  

1. An oversupply of goods on the market.

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Other Word Forms

• gluttingly adverb
• overglut verb (used with object)
• unglutted adjective

Etymology

Origin of glut

1275–1325; Middle English gluten, back formation from glutun glutton ¹

Example Sentences

While OPEC+'s strategy has contributed to a supply glut that weighed on crude prices and effectively eroded some of the group's profits, experts say a mix of other factors offset them.

From Barron's

Olefins and derivatives spreads are likely to remain weak through 4Q and into 2026 due to a persistent regional supply glut driven mainly by China’s aggressive petrochemical capacity expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Martin Kaplan, who runs the Norman Lear Center for media and society at the University of Southern California, evoked the Hollywood term “tent pole show” to describe the glut of Trump programming.

From New York Times

Their governments are facing pressure and protests from farmers anxious over dropping prices and lack of storage for this year’s crops, due to the glut of Ukrainian produce.

From Seattle Times

With a glut still nagging the chip industry, Micron expects the deepest revenue drop since 2001.

From Reuters

Related Words

• oversupply
• saturation
• surplus