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Grammar : Adj
Spell : sach-uh-rey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsætʃ əˌreɪ tɪd



Definition of saturated

Origin :
  • 1530s, "to satisfy, satiate," from Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare "to fill full, sate, drench," from satur "sated, full," from PIE root *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad). Meaning "soak thoroughly" first recorded 1756. Marketing sense first recorded 1958. Related: Saturated; saturating.
  • adj drenched
  • adj soggy
Example sentences :
  • The air was saturated by it just as water may hold a chemical in solution.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Then he smelled the strange fabric, saturated with the man-smell.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Even for this his travelled lordship, seasoned and saturated, had no laugh.
  • Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
  • The sun-baked canvas was like a sieve and in a moment both men were saturated.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • They are saturated with a teleology which, at times, becomes excessively tedious.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • In point of fact I was, while composing it, saturated with the mood of song.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • The literature of every religion is saturated with the influence of the myth.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • It happened, however, that some was found not quite so saturated.
  • Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • Wherever I turned the place was saturated with the blood of fish and offal.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu

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