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saturated

verb

Meaning

  • To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

    "After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated."

  • To fill to excess.

    "Modern television is saturated with violence."

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

    "One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine."

  • To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

adjective

Meaning

  • Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

  • Soaked or drenched with moisture.

  • (of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.

  • Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

  • (color) Having a high level of saturation.

Synonyms

drenched,
saturated,
sodden