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to glut

to glut

7.0
To fill a market with too much of a product so it becomes unwanted
  • verb
  • /ɡlʌt/
translation icon : saturar
  • After his death, the Army reverted to the single-shot rifle, disposing of all its multi-shots at surplus and thereby ruining Spencer by glutting the market.
  • glutting the market

Examples

  • Thus, every student replicates the art of his professor and struts in taverns like a deemster, glutting his soul with lies.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The most obvious advantage of the wildebeest's short calving season is glutting the predators, which enables many calves to survive and at the same time keeps the predator population from increasing.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The company decided to glut the market with its new product, leading to a sharp decline in prices.

  • If we continue to glut the shelves with unsold merchandise, customers will lose interest in our brand.

  • The farmers glut the local market with apples after a record harvest, causing prices to drop significantly.

Synonyms

to flood
vsto glut
127 2.1

To fill a place with more things than it can handle

focuses on overload that makes goods unwanted and devalued
to saturate
vsto glut
55 5.2

Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more

applies the same fullness idea to markets and value loss
to fill up
vsto glut
19 1.8

Make something have no empty space or cause a strong feeling in someone

narrows this to excessive supply that makes items undesirable
to cram
vsto glut
16 3.2

Push things or people into a small space until nothing fits

has similar fullness but focuses on surplus harming market value
to heap on
vsto glut
9 3.7

Give someone much more than they can handle

points to surplus that reduces usefulness and market value
to overproduce
vsto glut
5 5.0

Make more of something than people need or can buy

causes excess that makes supply undesirable or worthless
to overfill
vsto glut
3 3.9

To put too much into something so it spills out

relates this physical overfilling to excess that lowers value
to overstuff
vsto glut
3 4.6

To put too much into something so it cannot close or is too full

shares the overfilling idea but stresses economic undesirability
to overstock
vsto glut
1 4.5

To put more goods in a shop or warehouse than can be sold

highlights surplus that makes items unwanted or devalued
to oversaturate
vsto glut
1 6.5

Fill a market or area with too much of something so people lose interest

stresses that overflow lowers worth and demand for goods
to surfeit
vsto glut
  • Formal
1 9.3

To have too much of something so it causes discomfort or dislike

is about excessive supply that makes goods unwanted rather than useful
to saturate the market
vsto glut
1 5.3

To sell so many of a product that people stop buying more unless prices fall

emphasizes the result is excess that harms value or saleability
to oversupply
vsto glut
4.1

To give more of something than people can use

focuses on excess that reduces value and desirability
to chock up
vsto glut
  • UK
7.4

To fill a space so full that nothing more can be added

uses the same packed idea to show unwanted excess in supply

Antonyms

shortage
253 2.7

Not having enough of something people need, like food or water

scarcity
29 4.4

A situation where there is not enough of something people need

How Excessive

to glut
7.0
to overrun
38 4.8
to swamp
68 4.0
to inundate
40 6.8
to flood
127 2.1
to supply
400 1.6

Surface Forms

glut infinitive
glutted past
glutted past participle
glutting present participle
gluts third person singular

Etymology

The word glut is related to glutton and comes from an old idea of 'swallowing' or 'filling up'. So to glut a market is to 'fill' it with too much supply, making goods unwanted or cheap.