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# saturated

«saturated» in Mova's school dictionary: **completely soaked with water or another liquid** — 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

adjective (saturated); verb form (past of «saturate»: saturate, saturates, saturated, saturating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Saturated means completely soaked with water or another liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#m1)

2) (science) A saturated solution has so much dissolved in it that no more can dissolve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#m2)

3) (food) Saturated fat is a kind of fat found mostly in butter, cheese and fatty meat; eating too much is not good for the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#m3)

4) A saturated market or place is so full of something that there is no room for more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#m4)

5) A saturated colour is strong and bright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on dissolving: stir salt into water until no more dissolves and the solution is saturated. In health lessons it appears on food labels («saturates»). In everyday life a saturated pitch means a waterlogged field. Phrases: «saturated solution», «saturated fat», «saturated with», «completely saturated».

### examples

- After the storm, the ground was saturated and the match was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x1)
- Keep adding sugar until the water is saturated and crystals stay at the bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x2)
- Warm water can dissolve more salt before it is saturated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x3)
- Butter is high in saturated fat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x4)
- My socks were saturated after I stepped in the puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x5)
- The photo looks better with more saturated colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x6)
- The town is saturated with coffee shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/#x7)

### note

Adjective and past form of the verb «saturate». Food labels in the UK call it «saturates». In science: a saturated solution is a fixed limit; heating the water usually raises the limit for solids.

### 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 «saturated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saturated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.