saturate

US: /ˈsætʃɝˌeɪt/
UK: /sˈæt‍ʃəɹˌe‍ɪt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


saturate /'sætʃəreit/
  • tính từ
    • no, bão hoà
    • (thơ ca) thẫm, đẫm, đậm
    • ngoại động từ
      • làm no, làm bão hoà
      • tẩm, ngấm, thấm đẫm
      • (quân sự) ném bom ồ ạt, ném bom tập trung

    Advanced English dictionary


    + verb [VN]
    1 (often technical) to make sth completely wet
    Synonym: SOAK
    The continuous rain had saturated the soil.
    2 [often passive] ~ sth/sb (with / in sth) to fill sth/sb completely with sth so that it is impossible or useless to add any more: The company claimed to have saturated the market for personal organizers (= so that no new buyers could be found).

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    soak, wet, drench, steep, fill, imbue, souse, suffuse, impregnate, permeate; waterlog; Technical ret:
    I got caught in the rain and came home saturated. Make sure that you saturate the earth round the tree once you have finished planting.

    Concise English dictionary


    saturates|saturated|saturating'sætʃəreɪt
    verb
    +cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
    +infuse or fill completely