kyllästää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
- impregnate verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
- satiate verb To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
- saturate verb To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.
Senses
kyllästää is used for these senses in English:
- impregnate (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
- impregnate (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
- satiate (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
- saturate (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- steep (intransitive, figurative) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
imbue — full definition
- verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
- verb To soak or saturate something with a liquid, especially a dye.
impregnate — full definition
- verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
- verb To soak, fill, or saturate a material thoroughly with a substance.