To overload or overtax.
A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated
The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
To fill to excess.
To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
Very intense.
Saturated; wet.
Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.