noun
definition
Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
verb
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To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
example
After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.
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To fill to excess.
example
Modern television is saturated with violence.
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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.
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To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
adjective
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Saturated; wet.
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Very intense.
example
saturate green
Examples of saturate in a Sentence
Saturate a sponge with the solution and rub the mildewed area.
Be careful you don't saturate the carpet with water or other liquids; because the fabric is so dense, it will take a very long time to dry.
The most satisfactory growth is maintained when the amount of water present is not more than 40 to 60% of what would saturate it.
Really saturate it, then soak up as much as possible, and let the carpet dry.
Red meat is porous and hard to saturate without altering the consistency and flavor.
It is found, however, that the same element has not always the same atomic refraction, the difference being due to the nature of the elements which saturate its valencies.
Saturate the area with a commercial enzyme cleaner or your home made remedy.
To use, saturate a cotton ball with the mixture and wipe over face after cleansing.
Saturate a cotton ball with the solution and rub over face to refresh the skin and remove oil.
Saturate the inkpad with the embossing ink.
To do this, cut a small strand from the darkest or grayest section of the hair, saturate the strand with color, wait 10 minutes, and check the strand.
Parents' Resources and Teachers' Resources, including preschool worksheets, saturate the Internet.
The proliferation of websites, blogs and other Internet materials devoted exclusively to the genre may over saturate the information and contribute to reduced numbers viewing on daytime television.
If you are dealing with a large or tough stain, be sure to liberally saturate the cushions with the cleaning solution, paying special attention to the cushion's creases and crevices.
Simply unscrew and wipe down bulbs with a damp microfiber cloth, though be careful not to saturate the metal screw base.
All such variations are permissible provided that the quantity of silica and alumina is sufficient to saturate the whole of the lime and to leave none of it in a "free" condition, likely to cause the cement to expand after setting.
When combined with potash or soda it is used to saturate flypapers, and strong solutions can be obtained by soaking these in water; this fact has also been used with criminal intent.
Step into the pre-made suit (included in latex bodysuit kits) and saturate it with liquid latex.
To him belongs the merit of carrying out some of the earliest determinations of the quantities by weight in which acids saturate bases and bases acids, and of arriving at the conception that those amounts of different bases which can saturate the same quantity of a particular acid are equivalent to each other.
He was thus led to conclude that chemistry is a branch of applied mathematics and to endeavour to trace a law according to which the quantities of different bases required to saturate a given acid formed an arithmetical, and the quantities of acids saturating a given base a geometrical, progression.
We irrigate chiefly in the colder and wetter half of the year, and we " saturate " with water the soil in which are growing such plants as are perfectly content with earth not containing more than one-fifth of its weight of moisture.
Yet the great bulk of the sayings remain substantially authentic; if the historicity of certain words and acts is here refused with unusual assurance, that of other sayings and deeds is established with stronger proofs; and the redemptive conception of the Passion and the sacramental interpretation of the Last Supper are found to spring up promptly and legitimately from our Lord's work and words, to saturate the Pauline and Johannine writings, and even to constitute an element of all three synoptic Gospels.
Always make sure to thoroughly saturate the area with the enzyme cleaner.
You will see either 'Pregnant' or 'Not Pregnant' within about three minutes from the time you saturate the test stick tip with urine.
They will assess the leather and determine what spray is best and will saturate it thoroughly.
This remains true and will for as long as gorgeous heels continue to saturate the market, but many women are now turning to flats as a stylist alternative to sky-high dress shoes.
Saturate the area, blot up the excess and then dampen it again.
If you saturate the foam inner, you run the risk of causing mildew or mold growth.
She ran her hand down his arm and side, unable to shake the desire to saturate her senses with every part of him.
It is certain that, until the cultivator availed himself of the natural overflow of the Nile to saturate the soil, Egypt must have been a desert, and it is a very small step from that to baling up the water from the river and pouring it over lands which the natural flood has not touched.