as in to soak
to wet thoroughly with liquid
saturate your hair with water before applying the dye
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as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution
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Recent Examples of saturate
Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
With king tides expected to return Sunday and the ground already heavily saturated, neighbors remain concerned about more flooding ahead.
—Jose Fabian, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
Alternatively, saturate cotton balls with essential oil and place them near all possible entry points.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Santa Ana winds are expected this weekend, but fire danger remains low because the region’s soils are saturated from recent storms.
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Fully saturate mid-lengths to ends, avoiding your scalp entirely.
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Permeable pavers allow rainwater to soak into the ground, reducing flood risk, while offering an upscale look.—
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Nestle the sandwiches vertically in a pan to maximize crispy golden ridges, and soak overnight in custard.—
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Additionally, replacing saturated fats with olive oil can help lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol, according to Bobrick.—
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Previous nutrition guideline iterations suggested minimizing or avoiding full-fat dairy and all types of fat, including healthy and saturated.—
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One villager has drowned in flash floods in the eastern province of Catanduanes, officials confirmed to the Associated Press, while another died in Catbalogan city in eastern Samar province after being pinned by debris from a collapsed home.—
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Even more poignant, however, is the Rosemary's Baby angle, where the innocence of childhood is drowned in blood and the notion that a young person reared in a loving environment should develop into a compassionate adult is perverted into unthinkable horror.—
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Wet a clean white cloth and wring until the cloth is not dripping.—
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Perhaps because the maker is so iconic—dripping with diamonds and all—White Diamonds has stayed a prevalently popular scent for over 20 years.—
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The sixth wave of rain in the past week will drench parts of San Diego County on Wednesday and will be followed Thursday by winds powerful enough to make driving difficult on Interstate 8 east of Alpine and cause widespread power outages, the National Weather Service says.—
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These areas remain under a flood watch, with up to three inches of rain possible through tonight in some communities that have been drenched since Christmas, the National Weather Service said.—
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However, this theory was later debunked when Edgar Patino, a married man who had impregnated Touma, was found to be her murderer, according to authorities.—
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One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.—
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This may take 30-60 minutes for soaked beans, or 1-2 hours for unsoaked beans.—
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The three-layer Gore-tex fabric shell kept us dry in incredibly soggy conditions that would send most skiers home soaked and cold.—
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The couple immersed themselves in his philosophies, maintaining correspondence with the controversial leader.—
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Freed from the cadence of earnings calls, Molinaroli has immersed himself in the machinery of talent production.—
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“Saturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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