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
Taco Bell’s crispy chicken is white meat marinated in jalapeño buttermilk and coated in breadcrumbs and tortilla chips.
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Known as velveting, marinating the steak in cornstarch ensures that the meat stays juicy and tender.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Use it to evenly marinate the turkey, glaze vegetables, and coat your dinner rolls.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Truva Turkish Kitchen is known for its classics, including lamb shish kebabs marinated in a special sauce and served with veggies and bulgur pilaf.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Known as velveting, marinating the steak in cornstarch ensures that the meat stays juicy and tender.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Use it to evenly marinate the turkey, glaze vegetables, and coat your dinner rolls.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Truva Turkish Kitchen is known for its classics, including lamb shish kebabs marinated in a special sauce and served with veggies and bulgur pilaf.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marinate
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When the bodies of the drowned are retrieved, they’re sent to Alexandroupoli to be identified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In an effort to save their relationship, Smith drowned her two young sons.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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The aromatic base of Macabeo grapes gets its color from unripe green walnuts, macerated with 150 botanicals before being aged in oak for six months.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Let apples stand at room temperature fat least 1 hour or up to 24 hours to macerate and release their juices, stirring occasionally.—
Staff Author,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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Usually, one of those socks ends up inside the twisted sheet, and both come out of the dryer soaking wet.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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