Saturate

Word SATURATE
Character 8
Hyphenation sat u rate
Pronunciations /ˈsætʃəˌɹeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Saturate"

What do we mean by saturate?

To soak or fill so that no more liquid may be absorbed. transitive verb

To supply with the maximum that can be held or contained; fill thoroughly: synonym: imbue. transitive verb

To cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. transitive verb

To supply (a market) with a good or service in an amount that consumers are able and willing to purchase. transitive verb

Saturated. adjective

Saturated.

In entomology, deep; very intense: applied to colors: as, saturate green, umber, black, etc.

To fill full or to excess; cause to be thoroughly penetrated or imbued; soak: as, to saturate a sponge with water; a mind saturated with prejudice.

In chem., to impregnate or unite with till no more can be received: thus, an acid saturates an alkali, and an alkali saturates an acid, when the point of neutralization has been reached, and the mixture is neither acid nor basic in its character.

In physics: To bring (a given space or a vapor) into a state of saturation. See saturation .

To magnetize (a magnet) to saturation, or so that the intensity of its magnetization is the greatest which it can retain when not under the inductive action of a strong magnetic field.

In optics, to render pure, or free from admixture of white light: said of colors.

To satisfy.

Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. adjective

To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. transitive verb

To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold. transitive verb

To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; imbue. verb

To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold. verb

Infuse or fill completely verb

Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance verb

Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Saturate

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The word "saturate" in example sentences

My new strategy begins like the old, with "shock and awe," but this time let us "saturate" the cities and the villages of Yemen, not with explosives and incendiaries, but rather with food, potable water, clothing, medicines and even money. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Leaving aside the fact that "saturate" could itself be categorized as an imprecise metaphor -- after all, language can presumably accommodate limitless metaphors -- there is, everywhere you look, heightened awareness of the extent to which our opinions, judgments and behavior are shaped by figurative linguistic concepts: ❋ Unknown (2008)

KURTZ: And in terms of that kind of saturate, Peggy Wehmeyer, I've had some Catholics say to me that there had been too much coverage of the pope. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The reason why it is of no use to try to 'saturate' is precisely what the Edinburgh Reviewers have suggested, -- 'THAT THERE IS NO LIMIT ❋ Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1829)

Authorities 'saturate' Walterboro streets after rash of deadly shootings ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some scales "saturate", which is to say at some critical size they stop accurately measuring the size of an event. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Apparently it took only a trace of the gas to "saturate" the absorption - that is, in the bands of the spectrum where CO2 blocked radiation, it did it so thoroughly that more gas could make little difference. ❋ Tom Dayton (2010)

LATEST: Combined army and police patrols will be deployed to "saturate" Christchurch's quake-hit eastern suburbs and deter opportunist crime. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some of these technologies may allow scientists to directly measure biomass in dense forests-currently many sensing technologies are limited by their tendency to "saturate" at a threshold well below the actual biomass in such forests. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Valve said it will "saturate" New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco with the outdoor ads, along with key placements in Minneapolis and Dallas, peaking throughout the month of November. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Restoration -- presents an instance of the length to which it is possible to go in an attempt to 'saturate' with pleasures of this kind. " ❋ Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1829)

It was the financial head of stem that Obama had built up coming out of the primary battle with Clinton that made the difference for Obama in being able to saturate the airwaves with his campaign pledges and assaults on McCain. ❋ Earl Ofari Hutchinson (2011)

'Watercolor lends itself to fragility, freshness, saturate colors and, in this case, speed.' ❋ Barbara Ernst Prey (2011)

As a professional writer, my job is to saturate my days with words and ideas, filling screen or page with sentences designed to inspire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We tried to saturate the market with information about the effects of long-term isolation. ❋ Gregory Sholette (2010)

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