Saturate
11saturate — (v.) 1530s, to satisfy, satiate, from L. saturatus, pp. of saturare to fill full, sate, drench, from satur sated, full, from PIE root *sa to satisfy (see SAD (Cf. sad)). Meaning soak thoroughly first recorded 1756. Marketing sense first recorded… …
12saturate — 1 *soak, steep, impregnate, drench, sop, waterlog Analogous words: *dip, immerse, submerge: *absorb, imbibe, assimilate 2 impregnate, impenetrate, interpenetrate, penetrate, *permeate, pervade Analogous words: * …
13saturate — [v] drench, wet through bathe, douche, douse, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, overfill, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, sate, satiate, soak, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, surfeit, transfuse, wash, waterlog; concept 256 Ant. dehydrate,… …
14saturate — ► VERB 1) soak thoroughly with water or other liquid. 2) cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance. 3) magnetize or charge (a substance or device) fully. 4) supply (a market) beyond …
15saturate — UK [ˈsætʃəreɪt] / US [ˈsætʃəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms saturate : present tense I/you/we/they saturate he/she/it saturates present participle saturating past tense saturated past participle saturated 1) to make something completely wet… …
16saturate — sat|u|rate1 [ˈsætʃəreıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of saturare, from satur having had enough ] 1.) formal to make something very wet = ↑soak ≠ ↑dry ▪ Water poured through the hole, saturating the carpet. 2.) to… …
17saturate — v. (D; tr.) to saturate with * * * [ sætʃəreɪt] (D; tr.) to saturate with …
18saturate — sat|u|rate [ sætʃə,reıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to make something completely wet: Heavy rains saturated fields and pastures. 2. ) to fill something completely with a large number of things or a large amount of something: The shops were saturated… …
19saturate — [16] Latin satur meant ‘full’, and in particular ‘full of food, full up’ (it was a relative of satis ‘enough’, source of English satiate and satisfy). From it was formed a verb saturāre ‘fill, glut, surfeit’, whose past participle has given… …
20saturate — [16] Latin satur meant ‘full’, and in particular ‘full of food, full up’ (it was a relative of satis ‘enough’, source of English satiate and satisfy). From it was formed a verb saturāre ‘fill, glut, surfeit’, whose past participle has given… …
