saturates

Verb

saturate (third-person singular simple present saturates, present participle saturating, simple past and past participle saturated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
   • Rain saturated their clothes.

   Synonyms:

   drench, impregnate, soak

2. (figuratively, transitive) To fill thoroughly or to excess.
   • Modern television is saturated with violence.
3. (transitive) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
   • One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
4. (transitive) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

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