saturated
part of speech
adjective (saturated); verb form (past of «saturate»: saturate, saturates, saturated, saturating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Saturated means completely soaked with water or another liquid. tree →
2) (science) A saturated solution has so much dissolved in it that no more can dissolve. tree →
3) (food) Saturated fat is a kind of fat found mostly in butter, cheese and fatty meat; eating too much is not good for the heart. tree →
4) A saturated market or place is so full of something that there is no room for more. tree →
5) A saturated colour is strong and bright. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons on dissolving: stir salt into water until no more dissolves and the solution is saturated. In health lessons it appears on food labels («saturates»). In everyday life a saturated pitch means a waterlogged field. Phrases: «saturated solution», «saturated fat», «saturated with», «completely saturated».
examples
- After the storm, the ground was saturated and the match was cancelled. tree →
- Keep adding sugar until the water is saturated and crystals stay at the bottom. tree →
- Warm water can dissolve more salt before it is saturated. tree →
- Butter is high in saturated fat. tree →
- My socks were saturated after I stepped in the puddle. tree →
- The photo looks better with more saturated colours. tree →
- The town is saturated with coffee shops. tree →
note
Adjective and past form of the verb «saturate». Food labels in the UK call it «saturates». In science: a saturated solution is a fixed limit; heating the water usually raises the limit for solids.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «saturated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.