as in to drown
to put (food, such as meat or fish) in a sauce for a period of time to add flavor or tenderize
The recipe says that you should marinate the chicken overnight.
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Recent Examples of marinate
Or, place cubed Bison and marinade in a zippered plastic bag to marinate.
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The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
The nuggets are made from all-white meat chicken marinated in jalapeño buttermilk and coated with a blend of breadcrumbs and tortilla chips.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Soak 10–12 wooden skewers in water while the salmon marinates, then drain.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 22 Jan. 2026
Allow to marinate for 5 minutes.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
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The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
The nuggets are made from all-white meat chicken marinated in jalapeño buttermilk and coated with a blend of breadcrumbs and tortilla chips.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Soak 10–12 wooden skewers in water while the salmon marinates, then drain.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 22 Jan. 2026
Allow to marinate for 5 minutes.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marinate
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In 1998, while skiing in the backwoods of British Columbia, he was tragically swept into the icy waters of Kokanee Lake by an avalanche and drowned.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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With other people, these disclosures would have been like admitting to drowning kittens or robbing liquor stores.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Simmer gently into a berry compote for toast or desserts, says Schwiesow—or skip the cooking and macerate them.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
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The filling utilizes whole lemons (except the seeds), sliced thin and macerated in sugar for several hours (or overnight) to soften and sweeten the peel, and then combined with a custard filling.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The work investigates the structural and morphological stability of a state-of-the-art polymeric acceptor (PMA) PY-IT through a range of light-soaking and thermal relaxation measurements.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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To provide more storage space than the previous laundry room had, Chaffee replaced a side-by-side washer/dryer pair with cabinets and a small soaking sink in the countertop and put stackable appliances against the short wall leading to the kitchen.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Marinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marinate. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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