| 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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