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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
Examples
The chemist attempted to saturate the solution with salt by adding spoonful after spoonful.
Lexical Tree
saturated
saturation
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