Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - saturate
Saturate
saturate
v.tr. 1 fill with moisture; soak thoroughly. 2 (often foll. by with) fill to capacity. 3 cause (a substance, solution, vapour, metal, or air) to absorb, hold, or combine with the greatest possible amount of another substance, or of moisture, magnetism, electricity, etc. 4 cause (a substance) to combine with the maximum amount of another substance. 5 supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied. 6 (foll. by with, in) imbue with or steep in (learning, tradition, prejudice, etc.). 7 overwhelm (enemy defences, a target area, etc.) by concentrated bombing. 8 (as saturated adj.) a (of colour) full; rich; free from an admixture of white. b (of fat molecules) containing the greatest number of hydrogen atoms. Derivatives saturate adj. literary. saturable adj. saturant n. & adj. Etymology: L saturare f. satur full
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I. transitive verb (-rated; -rating) see: satire Date: 1538 to satisfy fully ; satiate, to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained , 3. to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades , to load to capacity, to cause to combine until there is no further tendency to combine, see: soak saturator noun II. adjective Date: 1782 ~d ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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