Saturate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saturated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Saturating}.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to
     saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See {Satire}.]
     1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or
        soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
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              Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast
              expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the
              moisture of the Atlantic.             --Macaulay.
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              Fill and saturate each kind
              With good according to its mind.      --Emerson.
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     2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become
        inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold;
        as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, p. a. [L. saturatus, p. p.]
     Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
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           Dries his feathers saturate with dew.    --Cowper.
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           The sand beneath our feet is saturate
           With blood of martyrs.                   --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saturate
       v 1: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic
            material, etc.) to unite with the greatest possible
            amount of another substance
       2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with
          alcohol" [syn: {impregnate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "saturate":
     allay, bathe, besprinkle, breathe, brew, brim, charge, chock,
     choke, cloy, color, congest, cram, crowd, decoct, douche, dredge,
     drench, drenched, dripping, drouk, dye, engorge, entincture, fill,
     fill to overflowing, fill up, flavor, flush, freight, glut,
     gluttonize, gorge, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse,
     inject, inoculate, instill, interpenetrate, jade, jam, jam-pack,
     lade, lave, leach, leaven, lixiviate, load, macerate, overburden,
     overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, overlade,
     overload, oversaturate, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, pall,
     penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pierce, probe, ram in,
     rinse, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturated, season, seethe, slake,
     soak, soaked, soaking, sodden, sop, sopping, souse, soused, steep,
     stuff, suffuse, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit,
     temper, tincture, tinge, top off, transfuse, wad, wash, waterlog,
     weight, wet