bathe vs saturate

bathe

verb
  • To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid. 

  • She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical. 

  • To sunbathe. 

  • To cover or surround. 

  • To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. 

  • To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath. 

  • To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim. 

noun
  • The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath. 

saturate

verb
  • To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid). 

  • To fill to excess. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Very intense. 

  • Saturated; wet. 

noun
  • Something saturated, especially a saturated fat. 

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