glut
Definition of glut:
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part of speech: noun
That which is gorged: more than enough: anything that obstructs the passage.
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part of speech: verb
To swallow greedily: to feast to satiety: to supply in excess:- pr. p. glutting; pa. p. glutted.
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part of speech: verb
To swallow greedily; to gorge; to fill or to be filled beyond sufficiency.
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part of speech: noun
Superabundance; more than enough- as, the market is glutted; anything which obstructs a passage.
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Common misspellings:
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- glug (100.0%)
Usage examples for glut:
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No limitation runs in my favor: the scire facias, ever ready, revives the inhuman judgment, and my second shirt- my first is in rags- is stripped from my body to glut the avarice of my relentless pursuers.
"Quodlibet" – John P. Kennedy -
As good Honey contains sugar in a form suitable for such quick assimilation, it should be taken generally in some combination less easily absorbed, otherwise the digestion may be upset by too speedy a glut of heat production, and of energy.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure" – William Thomas Fernie -
Washing- day was a perfect feast for it, for then it would banquet on the shirt- sleeves and stockings that dangled from the clothes- line, and simply glut itself with the family linen and cotton.
"A Boy's Town" – W. D. Howells -
The very first attempt you make to withdraw from your allegiance to the United States will be the signal for a war, the like of which the world has never witnessed, and the blood of thousands of men, who will be sacrificed to glut your ambition, will be upon your own heads.
"Frank on a Gun-Boat" – Harry Castlemon
