saturate

²sat·u·rate

adj \ˈsach-rət, ˈsa-chə-\

Definition of SATURATE

: saturated

Examples of SATURATE

1. <the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution>

First Known Use of SATURATE

1782

Related to SATURATE

Synonyms: awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, wet, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soaked, watery

Antonyms: arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

Related Words: deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated; dipped, dunked, splashed; aqueous; steeped; flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced; clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish; boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms: bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight; baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried; droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty; wrung

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