marinate

Etymology

From French mariner, from Middle French.

verb

  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

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