to saturate

Examples

• All

• He added more paint to the canvas until it was saturated with vibrant colors.

• A white stylus touches each fingernail, and red pigment instantly saturates the entire surface.

  Fiction book (1990)

• We're just giving enough to saturate the top layer.

• So you're going to want to fully saturate it and then pull it up.

  Good Mythical Morning

• The priority now is to clearly identify high burden areas as a priority and to saturate them with prevention efforts.

• The scent of recently mown grass saturated the still air: the intoxicating essence of summer.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The workers shoveled the oil-saturated drill mud into the filter's inlet bay.

  Academic text (1995)

• The heavy rainfall saturated the fields, making it impossible for the crops to absorb any more water.

• She used a sponge to saturate the surface of the floor with cleaning solution.

Synonyms

F

to fill

vsto saturate

∞ 1.0

To make a place full by putting people or things into it

focuses on internal infusion of a substance until no more can be taken

S

to soak

vsto saturate

141 1.0

Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid

focuses on complete internal infusion rather than only becoming very wet

F

to flood

vsto saturate

127 2.1

To fill a place with more things than it can handle

centres on internal saturation of a material rather than external oversupply

F

to fill up

vsto saturate

46 1.1

Become so crowded that nothing more can enter

is about thorough internal infusion into material, not general filling

I

to inundate

vsto saturate

40 6.8

To cover a place with water or give someone too much to deal with

is narrower, focusing on deep infusion into a material rather than broad covering

D

to douse

vsto saturate

18 4.4

To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet

describes internal soaking that happens regardless of pouring or surface wetting

D

to drench

vsto saturate

14 4.4

Fill something completely with a liquid or a strong feeling

refers to reaching full absorption without emotional or forceful emphasis

I

to immerse

vsto saturate

9 4.2

Put something completely into a liquid to cover it

emphasizes that the material is filled or infused internally rather than simply covered

F

to fill to the brim

vsto saturate

5 2.7

To make something so full that nothing else can fit

concerns internal absorption into a material rather than simple container capacity

I

to impregnate

vsto saturate

3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

is the general act of soaking until nothing more can be absorbed

O

to overfill

vsto saturate

3 3.9

To put too much into something so it spills out

relates to reaching internal absorption limits rather than overcapacity spilling

S

to sop

vsto saturate

• Archaic

1 8.3

To make something take in liquid until it is very wet

implies reaching full absorption rather than only the slow soaking process

S

to souse

vsto saturate

1 8.8

To soak something completely in liquid

is more about internal filling to capacity rather than the pouring action

O

to oversaturate

vsto saturate

6.7

Add so much of a substance that it cannot take any more

means full internal soaking up to, not beyond, absorption capacity

W

to waterlog

vsto saturate

3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

applies to any liquid or substance, not only water

G

to glut

vsto saturate

7.0

To fill a market with too much of a product so it becomes unwanted

focuses on reaching a material's full absorption rather than causing surplus

Antonyms

D

to dry

570 1.0

To become free of water or wetness

D

to dehydrate

1 4.8

Remove almost all water from food to keep it for longer

Phrasal Verbs

S

to saturate the market

1 5.3

To sell so many of a product that people stop buying more unless prices fall

How Wet

to saturate

55 5.2

to drench

34 3.0

to soak

141 1.0

wet

800 1.0

to moisten

7 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology