marinate

From French mariner, from Middle French.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/

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marinate (third-person singular simple present marinates, present participle marinating, simple past and past participle marinated)

1. (ergative) 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.

   You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.

   After the chicken has marinated for two hours, discard the remaining marinade.

2. (intransitive) Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time

• animater, natremia

marinate

1. inflection of marinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

marinate f pl

1. feminine plural of marinato

• amarenti, antimera, atermani, marniate, materani, riamante, rimenata, teramani