saturate
/ˈsætʃəˌɹeɪt/
noun
- 1
Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
verb
- 1
To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
“After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.”
- 2
To fill to excess.
“Modern television is saturated with violence.”
- 3
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
“One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.”
- 4
To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
adjective
- 1
Saturated; wet.
- 2
Very intense.
“saturate green”
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