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    sat·u·rate
    [saturate]
    verb
    saturate (verb) · saturates (third person present) · saturated (past tense) · saturated (past participle) · saturating (present participle)
    1. cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with liquid so that no more can be absorbed:
      "the soil is saturated"
      Opposite:
      • 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.
      • electronics
        put (a device) into a state in which no further increase in current is achievable.
      • (be saturated with)
        fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed:
        "they've become thoroughly saturated with powerful and seductive messages from the media"
      • 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"
        Opposite:
      • overwhelm (an enemy target area) by concentrated bombing.
    noun
    (saturates)
    saturate (noun) · saturates (plural noun)
    1. a saturated fat:
      "as far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy"
    adjective
    literary
    saturate (adjective)
    1. saturated with moisture.
    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.
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  3. Saturate definition: 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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    saturate verb uk / ˈsætʃ. ə r.eɪt / us / ˈsætʃ.ər.eɪt / saturate verb (MAKE WET) Add to word list [ T often passive ] to make something or someone completely wet:
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    Definition of saturate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary saturate verb /ˈsætʃəˌreɪt/ Verb Forms saturate something to make something completely wet synonym soak The continuous rain had saturated the soil.
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    to make something completely wet: Heavy rain had saturated the playing field. to put as much of a substance that dissolves into a solution as is possible
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