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saturateto make something completely wet with a liquid

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to make something completely wet with a liquid

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈsætʃəreɪt/

Korean meaning: 포화시키다, 흠뻑 적시다

Korean pronunciation: 새-처-레이트 (강세: 새)

Example Sentences

  • My mom saturated the sponge so much that it became a mini waterfall in the kitchen.
  • The perfume store saturated the mall with so many scents that people started sneezing like crazy.
  • Social media is saturated with cat videos, but nobody's complaining.

saturate

VERB

//ˈsætʃəreɪt//

to make something completely wet with a liquid

saturate concept
💡 Concept

Completely soaking with liquid

saturate rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Though water saturate, we celebrate what we demonstrate!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈsætʃəreɪt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈsætʃəreɪt/

🌳Etymology

Rootsatur
Suffix--ate

Origin

From Latin 'saturatus', the past participle of 'saturare', meaning 'to fill full' or 'to soak'. The root 'satur' means 'full' or 'enough'.

🎵Rhyme

celebrategeneratedemonstrate
celebrate
generate
demonstrate

🔗Collocations

saturate the market
saturate with water
completely saturated
saturate the air
saturated solution
saturated fat
saturate with color

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom saturated the sponge so much that it became a mini waterfall in the kitchen.

😄 Fun example

The perfume store saturated the mall with so many scents that people started sneezing like crazy.

😄 Fun example

Social media is saturated with cat videos, but nobody's complaining.

The advertisement campaign saturated every possible media channel.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

soakdrenchfloodpermeatefill

Antonyms

drydrainempty

Related

saturationsaturatedabsorbentmoistureconcentration

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