Saturated

verb

  1. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

    After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

  2. To fill to excess.

    Modern television is saturated with violence.

  3. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

    One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

adjective

  1. Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

  2. Soaked or drenched with moisture.

  3. (of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.

Synonyms: drenched, saturated, sodden

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