'Saturated' definitions:
Definition of 'saturated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution" [syn: saturated, concentrated] [ant: unsaturated]
adjective
Used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats" [ant: unsaturated]
adjective
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black [syn: saturated, pure] [ant: unsaturated]
Definition of 'Saturated'
From: GCIDE
- Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
- 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. [1913 Webster]
- Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Saturated'
From: GCIDE
- Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a.
- 1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. [1913 Webster]
- Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saturated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allayed,
- awash,
- bathed,
- bloated,
- brimful,
- brimming,
- bulging,
- bursting,
- capacity,
- chock-full,
- choked,
- chuck-full,
- cloyed,
- congested,
- cram-full,
- crammed,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- crowded,
- deluged,
- dipped,
- disgusted,
- distended,
- drenched,
- dribbling,
- dripping,
- dripping wet,
- drowned,
- engorged,
- engulfed,
- farci,
- fed-up,
- filled,
- filled to overflowing,
- flooded,
- flush,
- full,
- full of,
- full to bursting,
- glutted,
- gorged,
- honeycombed,
- hyperemic,
- immersed,
- in spate,
- inundated,
- jaded,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- macerated,
- oozing,
- overblown,
- overburdened,
- overcharged,
- overfed,
- overflowed,
- overflowing,
- overfraught,
- overfreighted,
- overfull,
- overgorged,
- overladen,
- overloaded,
- oversaturated,
- overstocked,
- overstuffed,
- oversupplied,
- overweighted,
- packed,
- packed like sardines,
- permeated,
- plenary,
- plethoric,
- ready to burst,
- replete,
- round,
- running over,
- sated,
- satiated,
- satisfied,
- seeping,
- shot through,
- sick of,
- slaked,
- soaked,
- soaking,
- soaking wet,
- soaky,
- sodden,
- soggy,
- sopping,
- sopping wet,
- soppy,
- soused,
- SRO,
- standing room only,
- steeped,
- stuffed,
- stuffed up,
- submerged,
- submersed,
- supercharged,
- supersaturated,
- surcharged,
- surfeited,
- swamped,
- swarming,
- swollen,
- teeming,
- tired of,
- topful,
- waterlogged,
- watersoaked,
- weeping,
- weltering,
- wet,
- whelmed,
- with a bellyful,
- with a snootful,
- with enough of,
- wringing wet