saturate vs souse

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. 

souse

verb
  • To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. 

  • To fall heavily. 

  • To strike, beat. 

  • To steep in brine; to pickle. 

noun
  • Pickled scrapple. 

  • A pickle made with salt. 

  • The act of sousing; a plunging into water. 

  • Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig 

  • The ear; especially, a hog's ear. 

  • A heavy blow. 

  • The act of sousing, or swooping. 

  • The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. 

  • A person suffering from alcoholism. 

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