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Adjective: saturated  'sachu`reytid
  1. Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
    "a saturated solution"
    - concentrated
     
  2. Used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled
    "saturated fats"
     
  3. (of colour) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
    - pure
Verb: saturate  'sachu`reyt
  1. Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
     
  2. Infuse or fill completely
    - impregnate

See also: intense, saturation, supersaturated, vivid

Type of: alter, change, fill, fill up, make full, modify

Antonym: unsaturated

Encyclopedia: Saturate

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