saturate

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verb

sat·u·rate ˈsa-chə-ˌrāt

saturated; saturating

Synonyms of saturate next

transitive verb

: to satisfy fully : satiate

: to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained

water saturated with salt

: to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades

book is saturated with Hollywood—

Newgate Callendar

: to load to capacity

: to cause to combine until there is no further tendency to combine

saturator

ˈsa-chə-ˌrā-tər

noun

saturate

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adjective

sat·u·rate ˈsach-rət

ˈsa-chə-

: saturated

Choose the Right Synonym for saturate

soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid.

soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing.

soak the garment in soapy water

saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held.

a saturated sponge

drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured.

clothes drenched by a cloudburst

steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed.

steep the tea for five minutes

impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another.

a cake strongly impregnated with brandy

Example Sentences

Verb Saturate the sponge with water. Images of the war saturated the news. Their new products are saturating the market. Adjective the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

More:Michigan Blue Cross CEO Daniel Loepp earned $17M in cash in 2022 More:Surge of Michigan urgent cares may have saturated the market The Blue Cross defendants in the settlement denied any wrongdoing and insisted their actions in fact lowered health care costs. —

Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023 In a tech-savvy world saturated with filmmaking apps, does film school continue to hold value for aspiring writers, directors and producers? —

Malina Saval, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023 The vegetation was saturated with water — much more nutritious and palatable. —

Laura Manske, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023 The clasts can then react with water, producing a solution saturated with calcium. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2023 This spring, a series of strong storms pummeled the Central California coast and saturated the land within the Pajaro River watershed. —

Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023 The fact that menstrual fluid leaks around the tampon once it is saturated is further proof that the products do not block the flow, said Dr. Nash Moawad, chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at the University of Florida Health. —

Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023 Coat the scalp and dry hair with olive oil until it’s fully saturated. —

Alena Hall, Verywell Health, 6 Mar. 2023 In the winter, covering keeps the compost from becoming saturated. —

oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023

Adjective

On the other hand, some things saturate at very low levels. —

IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2021 The additional showers will threaten to further saturate hillsides already thoroughly soaked after weeks of wet weather, and flooding is expected in low-lying roads and urban areas that have poor drainage. —

Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023 See More

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