VERB | change | saturate | cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance |
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change | saturate, impregnate | infuse or fill completely |
Sounds | sae'cherey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | saturar | |
Catalan | saturar | |
Nouns | saturation | the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid / liquid |
Meaning | infuse or fill completely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | They saturate the cloth with water and alcohol | |
Synonym | impregnate | |
Narrower | alcoholize, alcoholise | treat or infuse with alcohol |
ammonify | treat with ammonia | |
charge | saturate | |
imbrue, drench | permeate or impregnate | |
medicate | impregnate with a medicinal substance | |
soak, imbue | Fill, soak, or imbue totally | |
stuff | treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting | |
thoriate | impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission | |
Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
Spanish | impregnar, saturar | |
Catalan | amarar, impregnar, saturar, xopar |
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