Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - glut
Glut
glut
v. & n. --v.tr. (glutted, glutting) 1 feed (a person, one's stomach, etc.) or indulge (an appetite, a desire, etc.) to the full; satiate; cloy. 2 fill to excess; choke up. 3 Econ. overstock (a market) with goods. --n. 1 Econ. supply exceeding demand; a surfeit (a glut in the market). 2 full indulgence; one's fill. Etymology: ME prob. f. OF gloutir swallow f. L gluttire: cf. GLUTTON
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I. verb (~ted; ~ting) see: ~ton Date: 14th century transitive verb to fill especially with food to satiety, to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand, intransitive verb to eat ~tonously, see: satiate II. noun Date: circa 1546 an excessive quantity ; oversupply, the act or process of ~ting, III. transitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Etymology: probably from obsolete ~, noun, swallow Date: 1600 to swallow greedily ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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