"saturated" in the verb sense
1. saturate
cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
2. impregnate, saturate
infuse or fill completely
"Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
"saturated" in the adjective sense
1. saturated, concentrated
being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature unable to dissolve still more of a substance
"a saturated solution"
2. saturated
used especially of organic compounds having all available valence bonds filled
"saturated fats"
3. saturated, pure
of color) being chromatically pure not diluted with white or grey or black
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