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glutted
[ adj ]
exceeding demand
<adj.all>
a glutted market



Glut \Glut\ (gl[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glutted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glutting}.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L.
glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. ? to eat, Skr. gar. Cf.
{Gluttion}, {Englut}.]
1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to glut him. --Shak.

2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving
of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.

His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
--Dryden.

The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to
glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded
populace. --C. Kingsley.

{To glut the market}, to furnish an oversupply of any article
of trade, so that there is no sale for it.


glutted \glutted\ adj.
1. overfull; filled to excess. a glutted market

Syn: overfull.
[WordNet 1.5]


glutted \glutted\ adj.
overfull; filled to excess; as, a glutted market.

Syn: overfull.
[WordNet 1.5]