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saturate

sat·u·rate [ sáchə ràyt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle sat·u·rat·ed, present participle sat·u·rat·ing, 3rd person present singular sat·u·rates)
Definition:
 
1. make something wet: to soak something with liquid

2. fill something completely: to fill something with so many people or things that no more can be added

3. commerce supply market fully: to supply a market fully, so that all existing demand for a product is met

4. chemistry fill solution with another substance: to add as much of a liquid, solid, or gas to a solution as it can absorb at a given temperature

5. military bomb enemy heavily: to overwhelm an enemy with intensive bombing



adjective 
Definition:
 
saturated: saturated with liquid ( archaic )

[Mid-16th century. < Latin saturat-, past participle of saturare< satur "satiated"]

sat·u·ra·ble adjective
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