saturate
(verb) cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
impregnate, saturate
(verb) infuse or fill completely; “Impregnate the cloth with alcohol”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saturate (third-person singular simple present saturates, present participle saturating, simple past and past participle saturated)
To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
(figurative) To fill to excess.
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
(optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
saturate (plural saturates)
(chemistry) Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
saturate (comparative more saturate, superlative most saturate)
Saturated; wet.
(entomology) Very intense.
• artuates, taurates, tuateras
Source: Wiktionary
Sat"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.] Etym: [L. saturatus, p.p. of saturate to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. Emerson.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
Sat"u*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. saturatus, p. p.]
Definition: Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
