saturate

/ˈsætʃəˌɹeɪt/

noun

  1. 1

    Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

verb

  1. 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. 2

    To fill to excess.

    Modern television is saturated with violence.
  3. 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. 4

    To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

adjective

  1. 1

    Saturated; wet.

  2. 2

    Very intense.

    saturate green

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