Word

saturate, v.
(saturated, saturates, saturating)
freq. cnt. 1

cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

saturate

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

saturation

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

chemistry, chemical science

hypernym

change, alter, modify

infuse or fill completely
<verb.change>

impregnate saturate

sample sentences

"Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
They %s the cloth with water and alcohol
Water and alcohol %s the cloth

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
They %s the cloth with water and alcohol

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impregnation

semantic pointers

hyponym

medicate alcoholize, alcoholise soak, imbue ammonify thoriate stuff charge imbrue, drench

hypernym

fill, fill up, make full