saturate

Meanings

Verb

• To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
• To fill to excess.
• To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
• To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

Noun

• Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

Adjective

• Saturated; wet.
• Very intense.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturo, from satur.