adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of saturate form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Full; unable to hold or contain any more. not-comparable
2. 2
   Soaked or drenched with moisture. comparable
3. 3
   Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature. not-comparable
4. 4
   Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
5. 5
   Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.

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6. 6
   Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.; Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f). especially
7. 7
   Conforming to saturation arithmetic.

   "a saturated value"

8. 8
   Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).

   "a saturated image"

Adjective

1. 1
   (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black wordnet
2. 2
   used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled wordnet
3. 3
   being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

supersaturatedallayedawashbathedbewateredbloated

Antonyms

All antonyms

unsaturated

Example

More examples

"He saturated himself with sunshine."

Related phrases

saturated fatsaturated fatty acidsaturated solutionsaturated steamsaturated vapor pressuresaturated zonesingle bond

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