Definition of "glut" in English

noun

1. An excess, too much.

   • a glut of the market

2. That which is swallowed.

3. Something that fills up an opening.

4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

5. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

6. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

7. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.

8. A block used for a fulcrum.

9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

10. (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.

verb

1. (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

   • to glut one's appetite

2. (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.

3. (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.