Associations to the word «Marinate»

Wiktionary

MARINATE, verb. 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.

Dictionary definition

MARINATE, verb. Soak in marinade; "marinade herring".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats