saturate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
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to charge to the utmost, as with magnetism.
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to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely.
to saturate a sponge with water; a town saturated with charm.
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to destroy (a target) completely with bombs and missiles.
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to send so many planes over (a target area) that the defensive electronic tracking equipment becomes ineffective.
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to furnish (a market) with goods to its full purchasing capacity.
verb (used without object)
adjective
noun
verb
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to fill, soak, or imbue totally
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to make (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc) saturated or (of a compound, vapour, etc) to become saturated
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(tr) military to bomb or shell heavily
adjective
Related Words
See wet.
Other Word Forms
- desaturate verb (used with object)
- oversaturate verb (used with object)
- saturater noun
Etymology
Origin of saturate
First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin saturātus (past participle of saturāre “to fill”), equivalent to satur- “full, well-fed” ( sad ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Most ultraprocessed products are what we think of as junk food, meaning they are high in added sugars, salt and saturated fat and low in fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Gosling believes the film, which he says he created for families to watch together, provides "an opportunity to pivot away from the dystopian narratives that we've been saturated in for the last decade".
From BBC
Most ultraprocessed foods would be considered junk food and are high in added sugars, saturated fat and sodium.
The authorities reported that most people had died in highland areas, where saturated slopes gave way after days of intense rain.
From BBC
Robe enveloped the lounge in a saturated Kelly Green.
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