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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oversaturate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English saturate English oversaturate From over- + saturate.

Meanings

  1. To saturate to excess.
    • Sharpening a photograph can oversaturate the colours.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
oversaturated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
oversaturated Tense=Past lexicographic
oversaturates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
oversaturating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (3)

ru пересыща́ть (Translations) · pl przesycać (Translations) · pl przesycić (Translations)