SATURATE

[verb] [T] - to make (something or someone) completely wetThe grass has been saturated by overnight rain.He had cut his leg badly, and his trousers were saturated with/in blood.To saturate a thing or place is to fill it completely so that no more can be added.A major accident in this area could saturate medical facilities.The police saturated (= A large number of police officers were sent into) the area in an attempt to find the missing child. [T]When a market is saturated, so many people have bought a product that there are not enough people left to sell the product to.Since the US market has now been saturated, the drug dealers are looking to Europe.