saturm.html - v.tr.
1 fill with moisture; soak thoroughly.
2 (often foll. by with) fill to capacity.
3 cause (a substance, solution, vapour, metal, or air) to absorb, hold, or combine with the greatest possible amount of another substance, or of moisture, magnetism, electricity, etc.
4 cause (a substance) to combine with the maximum amount of another substance.
5 supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied.
6 (foll. by with, in) imbue with or steep in (learning, tradition, prejudice, etc.).
7 overwhelm (enemy defences, a target area, etc.) by concentrated bombing.
8 (as saturated adj.) a (of colour) full; rich; free from an admixture of white. b (of fat molecules) containing the greatest number of hydrogen atoms.

saturate adj. literary. saturable adj. saturant n. & adj. [L saturare f. satur full]

saturm.html - n.
the act or an instance of saturating; the state of being saturated.

saturation point the stage beyond which no more can be absorbed or accepted.

saturm.html - n. & adv.
--n.

the seventh day of the week, following Friday.

--adv.

colloq.
1 on Saturday.
2 (Saturdays) on Saturdays; each Saturday. [OE S

tern(es) dóg transl. of L Saturni dies day of Saturn]

saturm.html - n.
1 a the sixth planet from the sun, with a system of broad flat rings circling it, and the most distant of the five planets known in the ancient world. b Astrol. Saturn as a supposed astrological influence on those born under its sign, characterized by coldness and gloominess.
2 Alchemy the metal lead.

Saturnian adj. [L Saturnus, Roman god of agriculture, identified with Kronos, father of Zeus, perh. f. Etruscan]

saturm.html - n.
(pl. same or saturnalias)
1 (usu. Saturnalia) Rom.Hist. the festival of Saturn in December, characterized by unrestrained merrymaking for all, the predecessor of Christmas.
2 (as sing. or pl.) a scene of wild revelry or tumult; an orgy.

saturnalian adj. [L, neut. pl. of Saturnalis (as SATURN)]

saturm.html - adj.
Med. affected with lead-poisoning.

saturnism [SATURN 2]