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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
marinate
verb
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▪ Alternatively, make the sauce in advance and marinate the ribs for a couple of hours, turning often.
▪ It might be dressed with salsa, marinated in soy sauce, stuffed with cheese or laced with peanut butter.
▪ Meanwhile, marinate the almonds, sultanas and peel in the rum for 30 minutes.
▪ So far the list contains: marine biology, the Maritime Center, the Ancient Mariner, submarine, and marinating.
▪ Sprinkle the Kirsch over the fruit and place in a refrigerator for at least 12 hours to marinate.
▪ Tenderise the meat of older hare and develop its flavour by marinating it in oil, wine and wine vinegar.
▪ The fajita began life in South Texas as humble skirt steak, marinated and served in a tortilla.
▪ These beauties leaned against herbed couscous moistened with diced tomatoes, kalamata olives and marinated red onions, an unexpectedly successful combination.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marinate

Marinate \Mar"i*nate\, v. t. [See Marine, and cf. Marinade.] To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare (food) by the use of marinade.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
marinate

1640s, from French mariner "to pickle in (sea) brine," from Old French marin (adj.) "of the sea," from Latin marinus (see marine (adj.)). Related: Marinated; marinating.

Wiktionary
marinate

vb. 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.

WordNet
marinate

v. soak in marinade; "marinade herring" [syn: marinade]

Usage examples of "marinate".

There was chicken cooked in pomegranate juice, and lamb cubed and marinated and broiled in a manner called kabab, and a rose-flavored sharbat cold with snow, and a billowy, trembling confection like a fluffed-up nougat, made of fine white flour, cream, honey, daintily flavored with oil of pistachio, and called a balesh.

They were halfway through their entree, Lo Manto savoring a mixed grill of squid, shrimp, scallops, eel, clams, and mussels and a large tomato and red onion salad while Felipe devoured a steak pizza iola garlic mashed potatoes, and a side of marinated eggplant.

The duck in this recipe is simmered with fresh ginger, wine, and scallions, then marinated in a rich paste pungent with bean sauce, five-spice powder, and fermented red bean curd, the closest the Chinese come to a cheese.

Spermwhale Whalen, staggering forward and sitting on the grass next to the simpering redhead who now had his hands folded uselessly in his lap, his brain marinated.

Resolutely, I page through inflamed udders and jaundiced livers and suppurating gums just to remain safely inside my shell and marinate in righteous indignation.

Welsh griddle cakes sprinkled with caster sugar, marinated cockles, Anglesey eggs, laver bread and Glamorgan sausages created a fragrant smell that quickly set her mouth to watering.

The oysters should be scalded and drained, then marinated with French dressing.

They served great shish kebab, fragrant hunks of flamebroiled marinated lamb, which went even better with a dish of rice and pignolias on the side.

They served great shish kebab, fragrant hunks of flame-broiled marinated lamb, which went even better with a dish of rice and pignolias on the side.

Tabasco sauce juice of one lime h tsp cumin 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro Mix together in bowl, let flavors marinate for 30 minutes.

The mostly American-grown feast included smoked marinated shrimp, roast tenderloin of beef, baby vegetables in a zucchini basket and Yukon Gold potatoes with Vidalia onions.

In the dirt beneath it lay a large plastic ziplock bag, the size used for marinating a piece of meat.

Tom insisted they must be true to their calling and insisted on marinating kebabs when others would have been content with burned sausages.

Honeyed hams, crisp-roasted poultry, peppered joints of beef and sundry other marinated delicacies ready to be warmed at the fire, fresh and dried fruits, a variety of breads and pastries, platters of vegetables, exotic cheeses, bowls of almonds and raisins and gourds of spiced winesevery evening the Sentinels unpacked a veritable feast.

Katherine said, setting down a platter of ceviche de caracoles--snails marinated in lime juice with chiles and cilantro.