marinate

verb

🔊/ˈmærɪneɪt/

(also marinade)

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they marinate	🔊/ˈmærɪneɪt/ 🔊/ˈmærɪneɪt/
he / she / it marinates	🔊/ˈmærɪneɪts/ 🔊/ˈmærɪneɪts/
past simple marinated	🔊/ˈmærɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈmærɪneɪtɪd/
past participle marinated	🔊/ˈmærɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈmærɪneɪtɪd/
-ing form marinating	🔊/ˈmærɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈmærɪneɪtɪŋ/

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marinate (something) if you marinate food or it marinates, you leave it in a marinade before cooking it腌，浸泡（食物）；（食物）腌，浸泡Topics Cooking and eatingc2
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian marinare ‘pickle in brine’, or from French mariner (from marine ‘brine’).