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Meaning of saturate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

saturate

Pronunciation:/ˈsætʃəˌɹeɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

    Example: After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

  2. To fill to excess.

    Example: 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.

    Example: One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

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

adjective

Definitions

  1. Saturated; wet.

  2. Very intense.

    Example: saturate green