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   saturate

   verb

   • 1. cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed: "the soil is saturated" Similar soakdrenchwaterlogwet throughwetsousesteepdouseimpregnatetechnical:retdroukarchaic:sopOpposite dry out
   • ▪ cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance: "the groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide"
   • ▪ magnetize or charge (a substance or device) fully.
   • ▪ put (a device) into a state in which no further increase in current is achievable.
   • ▪ fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed: "the air is saturated with the smells of food" Similar permeateimpregnatesuffuseimbuepervadesteepchargeinfuseinformfillspread throughout
   • ▪ supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied: "Japan's electronics industry began to saturate the world markets" Similar floodglutswampoversupplyoverfilloverloadOpposite starve
   • ▪ overwhelm (an enemy target area) by concentrated bombing.

   noun

   • 1. a saturated fat: "as far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy"

   adjective

   • 1. saturated with moisture. literary

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘satisfied’): from Latin saturat- ‘filled, glutted’, from the verb saturare, from satur ‘full’. The early sense of the verb (mid 16th century) was ‘satisfy’; the noun dates from the 1950s.

   Derivatives

   • 1. saturant noun

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