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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
pronunciation: |
sae
chr
eIt
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inflections: |
saturates, saturating, saturated |
definition 1: |
to fill or soak so completely that nothing more can be absorbed.
The heavy rain saturated his clothes.- synonyms:
- charge, drench, soak, sop
- similar words:
- douse, imbrue, imbue, souse, steep, suffuse, surfeit, wet
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definition 2: |
to imbue or fill completely.
Her mind was saturated with facts and figures as she entered the exam room.His venomous speeches saturate his followers with hatred.- synonyms:
- charge, imbue, infuse, steep
- similar words:
- fill, ingrain, inspire, permeate, pervade, suffuse, surfeit
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definition 3: |
in chemistry, to cause (a substance) to absorb or dissolve another substance to capacity.
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definition 4: |
to cause (a compound) to combine chemically so that all available bonds are filled.
- similar words:
- hydrogenate
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definition 5: |
to oversupply (a market) with goods.
- synonyms:
- flood, glut, oversupply, surfeit
- similar words:
- fill, overload, overwhelm
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related words: |
bathe, charge, cloy, immerse, penetrate, sate, satiate, soak, wash |
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part of speech: |
adjective |
pronunciation: |
sae
chr
iht
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definition: |
completely filled or soaked; saturated.
- synonyms:
- drenched, soaked, sodden, sopping
- similar words:
- steeped, waterlogged, wet
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derivation: |
saturater (saturator) (n.) |
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