different between overfill vs glut
overfill
English
Etymology
From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- +? fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla.
Verb
overfill (third-person singular simple present overfills, present participle overfilling, simple past and past participle overfilled)
- To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
Translations
Noun
overfill (plural overfills)
- An instance of overfilling.
Translations
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glut
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)
- An excess, too much.
- Synonyms: excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus
- Antonyms: lack, shortage
- That which is swallowed.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- Synonym: clog
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- (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?)
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- 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)
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
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References
Polish
Etymology
From Latin gl?ten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lut/
Noun
glut m inan
- (colloquial) goo (semi-solid substance)
- (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)
- glow
Declension
Derived terms
- glutik
- glutön
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