Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To soak (meat, for example) in a marinade.
- v. To become marinated.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar.
Wiktionary
- v. To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare (food) by the use of marinade.
WordNet 3.0
- v. soak in marinade
Etymologies
- Probably from Italian marinato, past participle of marinare, to marinate; see marinade. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Studies show that exercise helps your brain marinate in powerful, positive endorphins.”
The Huffington Post: Amy Ahlers: Top Ten Ways To Stay Inspired In A Tough Economy
“But Wednesday, casual golf fans can once again marinate in Woods.”
Networks hope Woods' return brings casual viewers back to golf
“Add the sliced red onion to let in marinate in the dressing.”
“Obviously Obama is pushing back to VP disclosure as much as possible to give this time to marinate, which is a great move.”
“My friends who are management consultants sometimes say they need to let ideas "marinate" -- let the breakup simmer and stew.”
“It would have been nice to let Bush's two terms marinate a while before invoking Herbert Hoover and James Buchanan from the cellar of worst presidents.”
“One day after Mets manager Jerry Manuel said that he would "marinate" on the decision, he said he would let Perez make his next scheduled start.”
“Even though I've done them thousands of times, I mull them over in my head through the night, I kind of marinate in the ideas.”
“Scott Kieff & Kevin Rivette: "Congress — Let U.S. patent law 'marinate' before taking action" link”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘marinate’.
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Words from Alanis Morissette Songs
Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?!
marinate, vacillated, providence, unabashedly, divinity, masochistic, frailty, disillusionment, antibiotics, kudo, duplicity, chardonnay
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addendumb's Words
fey, cockshut, redact, beatific, melange, arcanum, rarefied, dissemble, capitulation, detritus, ennui, anodyne and 381 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Least Favorite Words
blog, painterly, choicest, evildoer, perpetrator, murmur, gab, schmooze, macerate, feeble, lusty, boobs and 72 more...
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slevenback's Words
cabal, opiate, jib, concise, cogent, pique, y'all, reckon, rassle, ficus, pecan, kindling and 72 more...
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Groundskeeper Willy's Atred
saturate, deviate, opiate, pirate, palmate, pinnate, originate, pileate, vascillate, oscillate, castigate, acetate and 19 more...
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alexiskn's Words
amnesiac, abhor, aardvark, aneurysm, aesthetics, numb, necrosis, subliminal, catastrophe, befuddle, doppleganger, besiege and 21 more...
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Cooking Related Words
ration, recipe, whisk, batter, spice, rotisserie, seasoning, thyme, marinate, stir, mix, pour and 19 more...
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Food
Some of my favourite cooking and eating terms, some obscure, some so common as to be misunderstood.
sommelier, gustatory, oenophile, macedoine, bouquet garni, mince, braise, olio, cassoulet, render, larding, barding and 57 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for marinate.
reesetee Excellent. Consider it pilfered. Apr 3, 2008
plethora I am adopting this usage, frindley Apr 3, 2008
frindley I have always regarded this word as a logical companion to vegetate. So where slacking around doing nothing on land is vegetating, slacking around frolicking in the pool (or other body of water) would be marinating. Apr 3, 2008