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1. (v.t.) saturate
to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
2. saturate
to load, fill, or charge to the utmost.
3. saturate
to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely.
4. saturate
to furnish (a market) with goods to the full purchasing capacity.
5. saturate
to destroy (a target) completely with bombs and missiles.
6. (v.i.) saturate
to become saturated.
7. (adj.) saturate
saturated.
8. (n.) saturate
a saturated fat or fatty acid.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L saturātus, ptp. of saturāre to fill, sate, saturate, der. of satur well-fed; see -ate1)
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1. (verb) saturate
cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
2. (verb) impregnate, saturate
infuse or fill completely
"Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
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1. saturate
filled to repletion; saturated; soaked
2. (verb) saturate
to cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate
3. (verb) saturate
to satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine
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Sense: to make very wet
Saturate the earth round the plants.
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 Afrikaans: deurdrenk |
 Arabic: يُشْبِع |
 Bulgarian: напоявам |
 Brazilian: saturar |
 Czech: nasytit vodou |
 German: durchtränken |
 Danish: gennemvæde |
 Greek: διαποτίζω, κάνω κτ. τελεί |
 Spanish: empapar |
 Estonian: läbi immutama |
 Farsi: خيس كردن |
 Finnish: kastella |
 French: imbiber |
 Hebrew: לְהַרטִיב לְגָמרֵי |
 Hindi: गीला कर देना |
 Croatian: natopiti |
 Hungarian: átitat |
 Indonesian: membasahi |
 Icelandic: gegnvæta |
 Italian: impregnare, inzuppare |
 Japanese: 浸す |
 Korean: 충분히 배어들다 |
 Lithuanian: prisotinti |
 Latvian: piesūcināt; samitrināt |
 Malay: menyebabkan sesuatu basah |
 Dutch: doordrenken |
 Norwegian: gjennombløte/-væte |
 Polish: nasycać |
 Persian: خيس كردن |
 Pashto: ډكول: خړوبول، مړوبول، اشب |
 Portuguese: saturar |
 Romanian: aîmbiba |
 Russian: пропитывать |
 Slovak: namočiť, napustiť, nasiak |
 Slovenian: prepojiti |
 Serbian: natopiti |
 Swedish: genomdränka, göra genombl |
 Thai: ทำให้เปียกโชก |
 Turkish: iyiceıslatmak |
 Taiwanese: 浸濕，使濕透 |
 Ukrainian: насичувати; просочувати |
 Urdu: تر بتر کردینا |
 Vietnamese: làm ướt sũng |
 Chinese: 浸湿，浸透 |
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