saturate

  • verb /sachrayt/ 1 soak thoroughly with water or other liquid. 2 cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance. 3 magnetize or charge (a substance or device) fully. 4 supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied. 5 overwhelm (an enemy target) by concentrated bombing.

  • noun /sachrt/ a saturated fat.

  — ORIGIN Latin saturare ‘fill, glut’, from satur ‘full’.

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