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saturate
sat·u·rate S0100200 (săch′ə-rāt′)tr.v. sat·u·rat·ed, sat·u·rat·ing, sat·u·rates 1. To soak or fill so that no more liquid may be absorbed: The cloth was saturated with water.2. To supply with the maximum that can be held or contained; fill thoroughly: Pleasant smells saturated the bakery. The species had saturated its habitat. Happy memories saturated his mind. See Synonyms at imbue.3. Chemistry To cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.4. Economics To supply (a market) with a good or service in an amount that consumers are able and willing to purchase.adj. (-rĭt) Saturated.
[Latin saturāre, saturāt-, to fill, from satur, sated; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]
sat′u·ra·ble (săch′ər-ə-bəl) adj.sat′u·ra′tor n.saturate vb 1. to fill, soak, or imbue totally 2. to make (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc) saturated or (of a compound, vapour, etc) to become saturated 3. (Military) (tr) military to bomb or shell heavily adj a less common word for saturated [C16: from Latin saturāre, from satur sated, from satis enough] ˌsatuˈrater, ˌsatuˈrator nsat•u•rate (v. ˈsætʃ əˌreɪt; adj., n. -ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt)
v. -rat•ed, -rat•ing,
adj., n. v.t. 1. to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like. 2. to load, fill, or charge to the utmost. 3. to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely. 4. to furnish (a market) with goods to the full purchasing capacity. 5. to destroy (a target) completely with bombs and missiles. v.i. 6. to become saturated. adj. 7. saturated. n. 8. a saturated fat or fatty acid. [1530–40; < Latin saturātus, past participle of saturāre to fill, sate, saturate, derivative of satur well-fed; see -ate1] sat′u•rat`er, sat′u•ra`tor, n. saturate
Past participle: saturated
Gerund: saturating
| Imperative |
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| saturate | | saturate |
| Present |
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| I saturate | | you saturate | | he/she/it saturates | | we saturate | | you saturate | | they saturate |
| Preterite |
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| I saturated | | you saturated | | he/she/it saturated | | we saturated | | you saturated | | they saturated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am saturating | | you are saturating | | he/she/it is saturating | | we are saturating | | you are saturating | | they are saturating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have saturated | | you have saturated | | he/she/it has saturated | | we have saturated | | you have saturated | | they have saturated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was saturating | | you were saturating | | he/she/it was saturating | | we were saturating | | you were saturating | | they were saturating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had saturated | | you had saturated | | he/she/it had saturated | | we had saturated | | you had saturated | | they had saturated |
| Future |
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| I will saturate | | you will saturate | | he/she/it will saturate | | we will saturate | | you will saturate | | they will saturate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have saturated | | you will have saturated | | he/she/it will have saturated | | we will have saturated | | you will have saturated | | they will have saturated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be saturating | | you will be saturating | | he/she/it will be saturating | | we will be saturating | | you will be saturating | | they will be saturating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been saturating | | you have been saturating | | he/she/it has been saturating | | we have been saturating | | you have been saturating | | they have been saturating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been saturating | | you will have been saturating | | he/she/it will have been saturating | | we will have been saturating | | you will have been saturating | | they will have been saturating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been saturating | | you had been saturating | | he/she/it had been saturating | | we had been saturating | | you had been saturating | | they had been saturating |
| Conditional |
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| I would saturate | | you would saturate | | he/she/it would saturate | | we would saturate | | you would saturate | | they would saturate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have saturated | | you would have saturated | | he/she/it would have saturated | | we would have saturated | | you would have saturated | | they would have saturated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | saturate - cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substancechemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | | 2. | saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"impregnatemedicate - impregnate with a medicinal substancealcoholise, alcoholize - treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator"fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"imbue, soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"ammonify - treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonificationthoriate - impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emissionstuff - treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"charge - saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"imbrue, drench - permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" |
saturateverb1. flood, overwhelm, swamp, overrun, deluge, glut Both sides are saturating the airwaves.2. soak, steep, drench, seep, imbue, douse, impregnate, suffuse, ret (used of flax, etc.), wet through, waterlog, souse, drouk (Scot.) If the filter has been saturated with motor oil, discard it.saturateverb1. To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone:charge, freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, suffuse, transfuse.2. To make thoroughly wet:douse, drench, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wet.Translationssaturate (ˈsӕtʃəreit) verb1. to make very wet. Saturate the earth round the plants. 浸濕，使濕透 浸湿，浸透 2. to fill completely. The market has been saturated with paintings like that. 使飽和 饱和satuˈration noun 飽和 饱和saturate
saturate (someone or something) with (something)1. To cause someone or something to be completely soaked by or drenched with some kind of liquid. The misting rain persisted throughout the hike, and it saturated us with water by the time got back home. The leak in the plant saturated the worker's clothes with dangerous chemicals.2. To cause something to permeate and spread throughout some place; to fill or supply something or some place thoroughly or to the limit. My grandmother's baking always saturated the house with the most wonderful smells. You've been saturating your brain with those cartoons all morning. Go outside and play for a while!3. In physical chemistry, to cause some substance to dissolve and unite with another substance to maximum capacity. First, we saturate the water with sugar by applying heat, then, as the solution cools, we insert strings to which sugar crystals form.See also: saturatesaturate someone or something with somethingto drench someone or something thoroughly with something. The rain saturated them all with cooling water. Irrigation saturated the field with the moisture they needed.See also: saturatesaturate
saturatei. To reduce the effectiveness of any type of defense by the tactic of bringing so many aircraft per unit of time over a defense area that the electronic and mechanical responses of the defender's equipment, such as the surface-to-air weapons, become erratic because of the multiplicity of targets.
ii. To attack an area with bombs or other missiles in a manner that leaves no place in the area unscathed.saturate
sat·u·rate (satch'ŭ-rāt), 1. To impregnate to the greatest possible extent. 2. To neutralize; to satisfy all the chemical affinities of a substance (as by converting all double bonds to single bonds). 3. To dissolve a substance up to that concentration beyond which the addition of more results in two phases. [L. saturo, pp. -atus, to fill, fr. satur, sated] sat·u·rate (sach'ŭr-āt) 1. To impregnate to the greatest possible extent. 2. To neutralize; to satisfy all the chemical affinities of a substance (as by converting all double bonds to single bonds). 3. To dissolve a substance up to that concentration beyond which the addition of more results in two phases. [L. saturo, pp. -atus, to fill, fr. satur, sated]Patient discussion about saturateQ. I am wondering if any of you are ENTHUSED about the use of COCONUT OIL. I ask because it IS SATURATED FAT. I have trouble losing weight. That inculdes getting cold frequently, and was wondering if cocounut oil would help me maintain body temperture more easily. Also, I have notice that SOME claim that coconut oil has many health benefits not affiliated with polyunsaturates.A. i know there was a Polynesian research about people that consume coconut oil on a daily basis in parallel to people who don't. they found out that there are high cholesterol levels among the people that consumed coconut oil but no significant difference in heart problems. More discussions about saturatesaturate
Synonyms for saturateverb floodSynonyms- flood
- overwhelm
- swamp
- overrun
- deluge
- glut
verb soakSynonyms- soak
- steep
- drench
- seep
- imbue
- douse
- impregnate
- suffuse
- ret
- wet through
- waterlog
- souse
- drouk
Synonyms for saturateverb to cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or toneSynonyms- charge
- freight
- imbue
- impregnate
- permeate
- pervade
- suffuse
- transfuse
verb to make thoroughly wetSynonyms- douse
- drench
- soak
- sodden
- sop
- souse
- wet
Synonyms for saturateverb cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substanceRelated Words- chemical science
- chemistry
- alter
- change
- modify
verb infuse or fill completelySynonymsRelated Words- medicate
- alcoholise
- alcoholize
- fill
- fill up
- make full
- imbue
- soak
- ammonify
- thoriate
- stuff
- charge
- imbrue
- drench
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