saturate
to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
to charge to the utmost, as with magnetism.
to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely: to saturate a sponge with water; a town saturated with charm.
to destroy (a target) completely with bombs and missiles.
to send so many planes over (a target area) that the defensive electronic tracking equipment becomes ineffective.
to furnish (a market) with goods to its full purchasing capacity.
to become saturated.
a saturated fat or fatty acid.
Origin of saturate
1synonym study For saturate
Other words from saturate
- de·sat·u·rate, verb (used with object), de·sat·u·rat·ed, de·sat·u·rat·ing.
- o·ver·sat·u·rate, verb (used with object), o·ver·sat·u·rat·ed, o·ver·sat·u·rat·ing.
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How to use saturate in a sentence
As we move into the next year, we’re seeing an Internet saturated with blogs and landing pages.
The picture changes when the employees, patients and visitors who saturate the area every day are included.
The Startling Reach and Disparate Impact of Cleveland Clinic’s Private Police Force | by David Armstrong | September 28, 2020 | ProPublicaLast week, the San Francisco Bay Area woke up to a saturated-orange sky.
West Coast wildfire smoke is visible from outer space | María Paula Rubiano A. | September 16, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe models then show how different wind speeds and direction push or pull a fire over a given area based on what kind of fuel lives there or how saturated the ground might be.
Environment Report: State Throws Cold Water on Pricing Scheme | MacKenzie Elmer | September 14, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThat solution is saturated — the sugar goes into solution with stirring and maybe a little heat.
Rock Candy Science 2: No such thing as too much sugar | Bethany Brookshire | April 30, 2020 | Science News For Students
As one Democratic strategist told The Daily Beast, “For a very small investment, you could saturate TV” in South Dakota.
South Dakota's Bizarre Four-Way (Senate Election, That Is) | Ben Jacobs | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMix it together and let it sit for about ten minutes so the chia seeds can saturate.
Four Fatty (But Healthy!) Power Meals to Fuel Your Day | Ari Meisel | March 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTsaturate cinemas with a glut of shoddy franchise flicks, and only a few are going to stick, no matter the star.
Johnny Depp and the ‘Lone Ranger’ Flop: Is His Career Doomed? | Kevin Fallon | July 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTsaturate the American public until we forget that anything or anyone else exists or is even an option in 2012.
A good practice is to lead the sheep into the water and saturate the fleece, after which they are taken ashore.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenAdd a few drops of sodium nitroprusside solution, make alkaline with ammonia, then saturate with ammonium sulphate crystals.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry EyreCover the bottom of the jar with a layer of cotton-wool and saturate it with formalin.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry EyreGive plenty of air at all favourable opportunities, and saturate the atmosphere with moisture.
In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year | William KeaneOn level, and even high prairie land, water will stand in winter, and thoroughly saturate the soil and freeze up.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
British Dictionary definitions for saturate
to fill, soak, or imbue totally
to make (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc) saturated or (of a compound, vapour, etc) to become saturated
(tr) military to bomb or shell heavily
Origin of saturate
1Derived forms of saturate
- saturater or saturator, noun
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