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marinate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of marinate

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.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of marinate

drench, drown, impregnate, macerate, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep

waterlog, water-soak

dip, immerse, inundate, submerge, swamp

bathe, douse (also dowse), hydrate, swill, wash, water

infiltrate, penetrate, permeate

damp, dampen, humidify, moisten

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of marinate

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, sear

drain, empty, void

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