glut

/ˈglət/

Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire

verb

  1. to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand

  2. to fill especially with food to satiety

  3. to eat gluttonously

The market is glutted with oil.

satiate sate surfeit cloy pall glut gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

noun

  1. an excessive quantity : oversupply

  2. the act or process of glutting

a glut of oil on the market

verb

  1. to swallow greedily