sa|tay /sæ te I , [AM ] sɑː te I / N‑UNCOUNT Satay is pieces of meat cooked on thin sticks and served with a peanut sauce. □ …chicken satay.
satch|el /sæ tʃəl/ (satchels ) N‑COUNT A satchel is a bag with a long strap that schoolchildren use for carrying books.
sat|ed /se I t I d/ ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are sated with something, you have had more of it than you can enjoy at one time. [FORMAL ] □ [+ with ] …children happily sated with ice cream.
sat|el|lite ◆◇◇ /sæ təla I t/ (satellites )
1 N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A satellite is an object which has been sent into space in order to collect information or to be part of a communications system. Satellites move continually round the Earth or around another planet. □ The rocket launched two communications satellites. □ The signals are sent by satellite link.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Satellite television is broadcast using a satellite. □ They have four satellite channels.
3 N‑COUNT A satellite is a natural object in space that moves round a planet or star. □ …the satellites of Jupiter.
4 N‑COUNT [oft N n] You can refer to a country, area, or organization as a satellite when it is controlled by or depends on a larger and more powerful one. □ Italy became a satellite state of Germany by the end of the 1930s.
sa t|el|lite dish (satellite dishes ) N‑COUNT A satellite dish is a piece of equipment which people need to have on their house in order to receive satellite television.
sa|ti|ate /se I ʃie I t/ (satiates , satiating , satiated ) VERB If something such as food or pleasure satiates you, you have all that you need or all that you want of it, often so much that you become tired of it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets.
sat|in /sæ t I n, [AM ] -t ə n/ (satins )
1 N‑VAR Satin is a smooth, shiny kind of cloth, usually made from silk. □ …a peach satin ribbon.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] If something such as a paint, wax, or cosmetic gives something a satin finish, it reflects light to some extent but is not very shiny.
satin|wood /sæ t I nwʊd/ N‑UNCOUNT Satinwood is a smooth hard wood which comes from an East Indian tree and is used to make furniture.
sat|ire /sæ ta I ə r / (satires )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or ideas are. □ The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
2 N‑COUNT A satire is a play, film, or novel in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something. □ [+ on ] …a sharp satire on the American political process.
sa|tir|ic /sət I r I k/ ADJ Satiric means the same as satirical . □ …Ibsen's satiric attack on bourgeois convention.
sa|tiri|cal /sət I r I k ə l/ ADJ A satirical drawing, piece of writing, or comedy show is one in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something. □ …a satirical novel about city life in the late 80s.
sati|rist /sæ t I r I st/ (satirists ) N‑COUNT A satirist is someone who writes or uses satire. □ He built a reputation in the 1970s as a social satirist.
sati|rize /sæ t I ra I z/ (satirizes , satirizing , satirized ) in BRIT, also use satirise VERB If you satirize a person or group of people, you use satire to criticize them or make fun of them in a play, film, or novel. □ [V n] The newspaper came out weekly. It satirized political leaders.
sat|is|fac|tion /sæ t I sfæ kʃ ə n/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Satisfaction is the pleasure that you feel when you do something or get something that you wanted or needed to do or get. □ She felt a small glow of satisfaction. □ [+ with ] Both sides expressed satisfaction with the progress so far.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you get satisfaction from someone, you get money or an apology from them because you have been treated badly. □ If you can't get any satisfaction, complain to the park owner.
3 PHRASE If you do something to someone's satisfaction , they are happy with the way that you have done it. □ It is hard to see how the issue can be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
sat|is|fac|tory /sæ t I sfæ ktəri/ ADJ Something that is satisfactory is acceptable to you or fulfils a particular need or purpose. □ I never got a satisfactory answer.
sat|is|fied /sæ t I sfa I d/
1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you are satisfied with something, you are happy because you have got what you wanted or needed. □ [+ with ] We are not satisfied with these results. □ …satisfied customers.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ , oft ADJ that] If you are satisfied that something is true or has been done properly, you are convinced about this after checking it. □ People must be satisfied that the treatment is safe.
sat|is|fy /sæ t I sfa I / (satisfies , satisfying , satisfied )
1 VERB If someone or something satisfies you, they give you enough of what you want or need to make you pleased or contented. □ [V n] The pace of change has not been quick enough to satisfy everyone. □ [V n] We just can't find enough good second-hand cars to satisfy demand.
2 VERB To satisfy someone that something is true or has been done properly means to convince them by giving them more information or by showing them what has been done. □ [V n that] He has to satisfy the environmental lobby that real progress will be made to cut emissions.