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| 1. | [ adjective ] wet through and through; thoroughly wet | |
| Synonyms: | soaked sodden soaking sopping drenched soppy | |
| Examples: | "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain" "a shirt saturated with perspiration" "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)" "the speaker's sodden collar" "soppy clothes" |
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| Related terms: | wet | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance | |
| Synonyms: | concentrated | |
| Examples: | "a saturated solution" |
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| Related terms: | unsaturated supersaturated | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (chemistry) used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled | |
| Examples: | "saturated fats" |
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| Related terms: | unsaturated chemistry | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black | |
| Synonyms: | pure | |
| Related terms: | unsaturated intense | |
| Similar spelling: |
saturate saturation Saturday Satterwhite |
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