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glut

UK
/ɡlʌt/
US
/ɡlʌt/

Translations

glutnoun
gluts
pl
UK
/ɡlʌt/
US
/ɡlʌt/
The market experienced a glut of oil, causing prices to drop significantly.
Le marché a connu une surabondance de pétrole, ce qui a fait fortement baisser les prix.
After the feast, they felt a glut that made further eating impossible.
Après le festin, ils ressentaient une satiété qui rendait impossible de continuer à manger.
Synonyms
excess
surplus
profusion
oversupply
flood
surfeit
plethora
overabundance
glutverb
glutted
Past Simple
glutted
Past Participle
glutting
Gerund
UK
/ɡlʌt/
US
/ɡlʌt/
gaverS'emploie aussi au sens figuré pour « manger avec excès ».
He glutted himself on the lavish buffet at the wedding.
Il s'est gavé au buffet somptueux du mariage.
saturerSurtout dans le registre économique ou commercial.
The market was glutted with cheap imports, causing prices to fall.
Le marché a été saturé d'importations bon marché, ce qui a fait baisser les prix.
Synonyms
supply excessively
flood
cram
stuff
fill
overindulge
satiate
Antonyms
deprive
starve

Definitions

glutnoun
An excessive supply or amount of something.
The market experienced a glut of oil, causing prices to drop significantly.
A state of being filled or sated to excess; satiety.
After the feast, they felt a glut that made further eating impossible.
glutverb
To supply or fill to excess.
The market was glutted with cheap imports, causing prices to fall.
To eat or indulge in something excessively.
He glutted himself on the lavish buffet at the wedding.
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