saturate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
2. (figuratively, transitive) To fill thoroughly or to excess.
3. (transitive) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
4. (transitive) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

Noun

Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

Adj

1. Saturated, wet, soaked.
2. (broadly, poetic) Saturated, wet, soaked.
3. Very intense.
4. (obsolete) Satisfied, satiated.
5. (obsolete) Complete, perfect.
6. (obsolete) Saturated.

Synonyms

soak

drench

impregnate

wet

imbue

steep

permeate

include

soak in water

make one understand

moisten

sog

sink

infiltration

sprinkle

suckle

pervade

instruct

penetration

plunge

ret

sate

satiate

complete

soak through

sop

souse

waterlogging

make wet

soak in

waterlog

water

🚰

wet thoroughly

become diffused throughout

watersoak

seethe

deep

diffuse

dip

douse

dowse

drenched

duck

🦆

dunk

fertilize

fill

fill up

get rid of

glut

intense

Translations

sättigen

verzadigen

saturare

saturar

saturer

saturar

impregnare

διαβρέχω

empapar

doortrekken

μουσκεύω

einweichen

eintauchen

saturo

διαποτίζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæt͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).