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to saturate
01
to pour or to put a significant amount of something into a place or thing to the point of not being able to add anymore
Transitive: to saturate sth | to saturate sth with sth
Examples
After the rain, the soil became saturated with water, making it difficult for additional rainfall to be absorbed.
02
to combine so much of a chemical compound with a chemical solution that the solution cannot retain, absorb, or dissolve anymore of that compound
Transitive: to saturate a solution | to saturate a solution with a compound
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
saturate
3rd person singular
saturates
Past simple
saturated
Past participle
saturated
Examples
The chemist attempted to saturate the solution with salt by adding spoonful after spoonful.
Lexical Tree
saturated
saturation
saturate
