verb
- Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.
- synonyms: saturate
- Infuse or fill completely.
- usage: "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
- synonyms: impregnate, saturate
adjective
- Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.
- usage: "a saturated solution"
- synonyms: concentrated
- Used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled.
- usage: "saturated fats"
- Of color. ( being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black).
- synonyms: pure
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