The meaning of Glut

verb

(of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air.

Usage examples:

Willie choked on a mouthful of tea

noun

A valve in the carburettor of a petrol engine that is used to reduce the amount of air in the fuel mixture when the engine is started.

Usage examples:

An automatic choke

noun

The inedible mass of silky fibres at the centre of a globe artichoke.

Usage examples:

Cut the artichokes in half and remove the hairy inner choke and any hard leaves, leaving only the t…

noun

A shoe with a thick wooden sole.

Usage examples:

Traditional footwear is sandals or wooden clogs with a thong that passes between the big toe and th…

verb

Block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter.

Usage examples:

The gutters were clogged up with leaves

verb

To become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is slowed or stopped, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] during rush hour, downtown streets are clogged with commuters., [ m ] too much cholesterol cl…

noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

noun

A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

Usage examples:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …

noun

An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.

Usage examples:

Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?

adjective

Exceeding a prescribed or desirable amount.

Usage examples:

Trim any excess fat off the meat

noun

An amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable

Usage examples:

They both eat to excess (= a lot more than they need)., the company’s losses are in excess of (= mo…

noun

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.

Usage examples:

The villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides

verb

Short for floodlight.

verb

To fill or become covered with water or to cause this to happen to something

Usage examples:

[ t ] a burst pipe flooded the bathroom., [ i ] the basements of many downtown buildings would floo…

verb

Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.

Usage examples:

We've been inundated with complaints from listeners

verb

To bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with

Usage examples:

After appearing on tv they were inundated with telephone calls for a week., we were inundated with …

noun

A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.

Usage examples:

We set off down the mountain

noun

The state of being more than is necessary or desirable; excess.

Usage examples:

Coleridge criticized schiller for what he called the nimiety of his blank verse

noun

An excessive quantity.

Usage examples:

The country suffers from an overabundance of laws

verb

Put more into (a container) than it either should or can contain.

Usage examples:

Jean led the way slowly, balancing her teacup, which she had overfilled

verb

Load with too great a burden or cargo.

Usage examples:

Both boats were overloaded and low in the water

noun

An excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

An overload of stress

verb

To put too great a load in or on something

Usage examples:

Don’t overload the washer or it won’t work properly., fig. i can’t go out tonight – i’m overloaded …

noun

An excessive supply.

Usage examples:

An oversupply of teachers

verb

Supply with too much or too many.

Usage examples:

The country was oversupplied with lawyers

noun

A large or excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

A plethora of committees and subcommittees

noun

A very large amount of something, esp. a larger amount than you need, want, or can deal with

Usage examples:

A plethora of excuses/agencies/diet books

verb

Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed.

Usage examples:

The soil is saturated

noun

A saturated fat.

Usage examples:

As far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy

adjective

Saturated with moisture.

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

A very large amount of something, especially more than is needed or usual

Usage examples:

The country has a superabundance of natural resources.

noun

An unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something.

Usage examples:

A superfluity of unoccupied time

verb

Increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation point.

Usage examples:

Water can become supersaturated with excessive amounts of atmospheric gases

noun

An excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

A surfeit of food and drink

verb

Cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.

Usage examples:

I am surfeited with shopping

noun

An amount that is too large, or is more than is needed

Usage examples:

The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.

noun

An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply.

Usage examples:

Exports of food surpluses

adjective

More than what is needed or used; excess.

Usage examples:

Make the most of your surplus cash

noun

An amount that is more than is needed

Usage examples:

The world is now producing large food surpluses., the government is forecasting a budget surplus th…

noun

An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

Usage examples:

They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…

verb

Overwhelm or flood with water.

Usage examples:

A huge wave swamped the canoes

noun

An area of very wet, soft land

Usage examples:

[ c ] alligators live in these swamps., a low-lying, swampy region, the boat was swamped by an enor…