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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
saturate \sat"urate\, v. t. imp. p. p. saturated; p. pr.
vb. n. saturating. l. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to
saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. see satire.
1. to cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or
soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
1913 webster
innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast
expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the
moisture of the atlantic. --macaulay.
1913 webster
fill and saturate each kind
with good according to its mind. --emerson.
1913 webster
2. chem. to satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become
inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold;
as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
1913 webster
see also:
saturated saturating satire
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
saturate \sat"urate\, p. a. l. saturatus, p. p.
filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
1913 webster
dries his feathers saturate with dew. --cowper.
1913 webster
the sand beneath our feet is saturate
with blood of martyrs. --longfellow.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
saturate
v 1: cause a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic
material, etc. to unite with the greatest possible
amount of another substance
2: infuse or fill completely; "impregnate the cloth with
alcohol" syn: impregnate
see also:
impregnate
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
106 moby thesaurus words for "saturate":
allay, bathe, besprinkle, breathe, brew, brim, charge, chock,
choke, cloy, color, congest, cram, crowd, decoct, douche, dredge,
drench, drenched, dripping, drouk, dye, engorge, entincture, fill,
fill to overflowing, fill up, flavor, flush, freight, glut,
gluttonize, gorge, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse,
inject, inoculate, instill, interpenetrate, jade, jam, jam-pack,
lade, lave, leach, leaven, lixiviate, load, macerate, overburden,
overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, overlade,
overload, oversaturate, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, pall,
penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pierce, probe, ram in,
rinse, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturated, season, seethe, slake,
soak, soaked, soaking, sodden, sop, sopping, souse, soused, steep,
stuff, suffuse, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit,
temper, tincture, tinge, top off, transfuse, wad, wash, waterlog,
weight, wet
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