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# saturate

«saturate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something completely wet, soaked through** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (saturate, saturates, saturated, saturating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make something completely wet, soaked through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#m1)

2) (science) To make a liquid hold as much of a substance as it can, so no more dissolves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#m2)

3) To fill something so full of a thing that no more can fit, like a market full of products. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons a saturated solution is one where no more salt or sugar will dissolve; extra stays at the bottom. In geography, saturated ground causes flooding because rain cannot soak in. In everyday life rain saturates your clothes. Phrases: «saturated with», «saturated solution», «saturated fat».

### examples

- The rain saturated my coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#x1)
- Stir in sugar until the water is saturated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#x2)
- The ground was saturated, so the field flooded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#x3)
- The town is saturated with coffee shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#x4)
- Saturated fat is found in butter and cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#x5)
- The sponge was saturated and dripping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: saturated. Noun: «saturation». In science, warm water can usually hold more dissolved solid before it is saturated than cold water. In food labels, «saturated fat» is a type of fat to eat less of.

### In the corpora

- [Water can hold only a certain amount of salt; after that it is saturated and extra salt settles at the bottom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saturate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.