different between glut vs repel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin glutti?, glutt?re (“I swallow”). Akin to Russian ??????? (glotat?, “to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

glut (plural gluts)

1. An excess, too much.

   Synonyms: excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus

   Antonyms: lack, shortage
2. That which is swallowed.
3. Something that fills up an opening.

   Synonym: clog

4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
6. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

7. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
8. A block used for a fulcrum.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Related terms

• glutton
• gluttony

Translations

Verb

glut (third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted)

1. (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
2. (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

Translations

References

Polish

Etymology

From Latin gl?ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lut/

Noun

glut m inan

1. (colloquial) goo (semi-solid substance)
2. (colloquial) booger (mucus)

   Synonyms: gil, smark, ?pik

Declension

Further reading

• glut in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• glut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Glut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lut/

Noun

glut (nominative plural gluts)

1. glow

Declension

Derived terms

• glutik
• glutön

English

Etymology

From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?l/

Verb

repel (third-person singular simple present repels, present participle repelling, simple past and past participle repelled)

1. (transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. [from 15th c.]
2. (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]
3. (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.]
4. (transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). [from 15th c.]
   • 2011, Ian Traynor, The Guardian, 19 May 2011:

     In nearby Zintan, rebels repelled an advance by Gaddafi's forces, killing eight and taking one prisoner, a local activist said.

5. (transitive, physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force. [from 17th c.]
6. (transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust. [from 18th c.]
   • 2008, The Guardian, 26 Jan 2008:

     However, while the idea of a free holiday appeals enormously, I am frankly repelled by the idea of spending a couple of weeks in your company.

7. (transitive, sports) To save (a shot).

Synonyms

• (nonstandard, rare) withdrive

Antonyms

• attract

Related terms

• repulse
• repulsion
• repulsive
• repellent

Translations

Further reading

• repel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• repel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• repel at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Epler, Lepre, leper