SATURATE


Meaning of SATURATE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

saturated fat

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

grams

Per serving: 416 calories, 3 grams saturated fat, 9 grams polyunsaturated fat, 24 grams complex carbohydrates.

■ VERB

become

The CO2 filter rapidly became saturated and there was a danger of the crew suffocating on their own breath.

The incidence curve rose dramatically, and within just a few years this initial core quickly became saturated .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Saturate the label with vinegar and let it sit before you try to scrape it off the bottle.

Heavy rains had saturated the ground, turning the streets into rivers.

Issa is saturating local radio time with his campaign ads.

The bathtub overflowed, and water saturated the carpeting.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Children whose entire existence has been saturated with these accoutrements reached college age during the 1990s.

He declared that the boiler was a straight forward Stephenson saturated design which couldn't really be improved.

Hoots of triumph crashed through the shrinking kitchen like the trumpeting of elephants, saturating the air.

In the mid nineties the rate of new infections began to level off in some heavily saturated nations.

The pervading citrus smell of aftershave, the same smell that had saturated Brady's apartment and Feldman's studio.

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