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saturation (oh) and muffle (iou)


saturation (oh)



when an event or person is given so much attention by newspapers, Television etc that everyone has heard about it
::The trial was given saturation coverage by the press.
::saturation advertising
saturation bombing
a military attack in which a whole area is bombed
technical the degree to which something has been mixed into something else
::Keep saturation below 80%.
when something is made completely wet

muffle (iou)



muffle verb trans. LME.
[Perh. aphet. from Old French enmoufler, formed as EN-1 + MUFFLE noun2.]
Wrap, cover up, or enfold, esp. so as to conceal, subdue, or provide protection from the weather. Freq. foll. by up. LME.
S. Leacock I was muffled up, to avoid recognition, in a long overcoat with the collar turned up. G. Swift They came every morning..muffled in the winter in little anoraks and scarves.
b. gen. Cover, conceal, obscure; stifle, suppress. L16.
R. Ellis Mystical emblems, Emblems muffled darkly. D. Macdonald Reviewers had their doubts. But they adopted various strategies for muffling them.
Cover (the eyes) to prevent seeing; cover the eyes of; blindfold. Usu. in pass. M16-E18.
= GAG verb1 2. L16.
Wrap up (a thing) so as to deaden its sound. M18.
b. Limit the audibility of, deaden (a sound). Usu. in pass. M19.
E. L. Doctorow All the sounds of the city were muffled by the snow.
Make (glass) semi-opaque by giving it a crinkled surface; frost. Cf. MUFF verb3. E20.
muffledly adverb in a muffled manner E20.