SATURATE, SATURATED, SATURATING
ADJECTIVES
► DRUNK of a thing: drenched; saturated with as much moisture as it can take in or receive → 1382 obs.
► DRUNKEN soaked or saturated with moisture → c1420
► SAPPY saturated with moisture, moist, sodden; wet, rainy → 1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SATTERED saturated, thoroughly soaked → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THICK-WET of clothes: saturated with water → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower → 1768 Sc.
VERBS
► DRUNKEN to drench, to saturate or soak with liquid → a1300 obs.
► SAB to soak, to seep, to saturate → 1866 Sc.
► SAP to saturate; to drench; to moisten → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAPPLE to soak, to saturate with water, rain, etc.; to steep clothes in soapy water → 1836 Sc.
► SATE to saturate → 1673 obs.
► SATIATE to saturate → 1674 obs.
► SOG to saturate or become saturated → Eng. dial.
► SOWP to soak or saturate → 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial.