saturate
IPA: sˈætʃɝeɪt
noun
- (chemistry) Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- (transitive, figurative) To fill thoroughly or to excess.
- (transitive, chemistry) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- (transitive, optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
adjective
- Saturated; wet.
- (entomology) Very intense.
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Examples of "saturate" in Sentences
- What saturated the ground
- The clothes is saturated with water.
- The saturated fraction remains the same.
- The wards are saturated with wet and ordure.
- The pulp is then saturated in water and drained.
- Fire trucks are brought in to saturate the dirt.
- The forests in the park are saturated with colors.
- Archeology in the the developed world is almost saturated.
- The ground was saturated and unable to soak up the continuing rainfall.
- The rice is first soaked in water until the grains are fully saturated.
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