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adj.

1. Unable to hold or contain more; full.
2. Soaked with moisture; drenched.
3. Chemistry.
   1. Combined with or containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
   2. Of or relating to an organic compound, especially a fatty acid, containing the maximum number of hydrogen atoms and only single bonds between the carbon atoms.
4. Geology. Of or relating to minerals that can crystallize from magmas even in the presence of excess silica.

With reference to fatty acids means that the carbon chain carries its full complement of hydrogen atoms, as compared with mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated. Where the nutrient content of foods is described in these entries the total amount of fat is listed, together with the proportion of saturates. Where mono-unsaturates are sufficiently important this is also quoted and the polyunsaturates can be calculated by difference from the total. Where the amounts of mono-unsaturates are small the entry lists the proportion of polyunsaturates and the mono-unsaturates can be calculated by difference from the total.

adj

Definition: soaked
Antonyms: bone dry

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adj

Having all chemical affinities satisfied; unable to hold in solution any more of a given substance.

1. denoting an organic compound that has only single bonds between carbon atoms and is therefore less reactive than one with double bonds, e.g. saturated fatty acids.
2. holding all of a solute that can be held in solution by the solvent (saturated solution).

• s. fatty acids — see fatty acids.

IN BRIEF: Soaked through, drenched, water-logged.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life. — George Steiner, English critic, scholar and thinker.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mættet, gennemvædet, sønderbombet, gennemtrængt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzadigd, doordrenkt

Français (French)
adj. - (gén) trempé, détrempé, (fig) saturé de, (Chim) saturé, saturé (des graisses), (Art) saturé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durchnäßt, gesättigt, ausgelastet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κορεσμένος

Italiano (Italian)
saturare, saturato, saturo, puro (di colori)

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - saturado

Русский (Russian)
промокший, пропитанный влагой, насыщенный (цвет)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - saturado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fylld, full, genomsyrad av, inpyrd med

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饱和的, 深颜色的, 渗透的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 飽和的, 深顏色的, 滲透的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흠뻑 스며든, (색이) 순수한, 포화한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぬれた, 飽和した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشبع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רווי, ספוג, שמילא כרסו‬

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