glut
the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
• Syn:
oversupply, surfeit
• Derivationally related forms:
oversupply (for: oversupply)
• Hypernyms:
overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
1. overeat or eat immodestly;
make a pig of oneself (Freq. 1)
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
• Syn:
gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, stuff,
engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize,
binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
• Derivationally related forms:
binge (for: binge), gourmand (for: gourmandize), gourmandizer (for: gourmandize), overeating (for: overeat), engorgement (for: engorge), overindulgence (for: overindulge), gorger (for: gorge)
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. supply with an excess of
- flood the market with tennis shoes
- Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
• Syn:
flood, oversupply
• Derivationally related forms:
oversupply (for: oversupply), flood (for: flood)
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
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