- marinate⇄marinate, verb, -nated,-nating.
- marinate⇄noun marination.
- marinate⇄v.i. to be or become marinated.
Ex. The meat marinated in the brine for two days. (Figurative.) During the 1968 campaign it was said by Republicans that R.M.N. had somehow, during his eight long years in political exile, marinated from an ""old"" - marinate⇄v.t. 1. to soak (food) in brine or marinade.
2. to soak in oil and vinegar.
3. (Figurative:)
Ex. Our faculty have to learn to write English, a rare skill among people who have been marinated in academic jargon (John Fischer).