Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense marinates, present participle marinating, past tense, past participle marinated
verb
If you marinate meat or fish, or if it marinates, you keep it in a mixture of oil, vinegar, spices, and herbs, before cooking it, so that it can develop a special flavour.
Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours. [VERB noun]
Put it in a screw-top jar with French dressing and leave to marinate. [VERB]
Synonyms: souse, soak, steep, immerse More Synonyms of marinate
marinate in British English
(ˈmærɪˌneɪt)
verb
to soak in marinade
Derived forms
marination (ˌmariˈnation)
noun
Word origin
C17: probably from Italian marinato, from marinare to pickle, ultimately from Latin marīnusmarine
marinate in American English
(ˈmærɪˌneɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmariˌnated or ˈmariˌnating
to steep (meat, fish, etc.) in a marinade
Derived forms
marination (ˌmariˈnation)
noun
Word origin
< It marinato, pp. of marinare, to pickle in brine < marino < L marinus: see marine
Examples of 'marinate' in a sentence
marinate
She and her mother had prepared rabbit at the farm, letting it marinate for days, then making a rich, sour stew, heavy with herbs.
McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (2002)
In other languages
marinate
British English: marinate VERB
If you marinate meat or fish, or if it marinates, you keep it in a mixture of oil, vinegar, spices, and herbs, before cooking it, so that it can develop a special flavour.
Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours.
American English: marinate
Brazilian Portuguese: marinar
Chinese: 腌泡
European Spanish: adobar
French: faire mariner
German: marinieren
Italian: marinare
Japanese: マリネに漬ける/マリネに漬かる
Korean: 양념장에 재다
European Portuguese: marinar
Latin American Spanish: adobar
Chinese translation of 'marinate'
marinate
(ˈmærɪneɪt)
vt
使浸泡 (shǐ jìnpào)
vi
腌(醃)泡 (yānpào)
(verb)
Definition
to soak in marinade
Marinate the chicken for at least four hours.
Synonyms
souse
soak
Soak the beans for two hours.
steep
green beans steeped in olive oil
immerse
Additional synonyms
in the sense of soak
Definition
to put or lie in a liquid so as to become thoroughly wet
Soak the beans for two hours.
Synonyms
steep,
immerse,
submerge,
infuse,
marinate,
dunk,
submerse
in the sense of steep
Definition
to soak or be soaked in a liquid in order to soften or cleanse