saturate

//ˈsætʃəˌreɪt//
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Verb

saturateInfinitive
saturatePresent tense
saturatedPast tense
saturatedPast participle
saturatingPresent participle
saturatesThird-person singular
1

To soak or fill something completely with a liquid so that no more can be absorbed.

The heavy rain saturated the soil in the garden.

2

To cause a substance to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance.

The chemist saturated the solution with salt until no more would dissolve.

3

To supply a market with as much of a product as it can absorb or beyond its capacity to absorb.

Cheap imports have saturated the domestic market.

4

To overwhelm or fill completely with something.

The news saturated the media for weeks.

Adjective

saturateCanonical form
1

Fully soaked or filled with something; completely permeated.

The sponge was saturate with water and could not absorb any more.