First attested in 1645; adapted from either French mariner or the earlier attested Italian marinare (“to pickle, marinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Late Latin marina (“brine, salt water”), short for aqua marina (“sea water”), from Latin marinus (“marine, of the sea”), from Latin mare (“the sea”) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“the sea”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/

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marinate (third-person singular simple present marinates, present participle marinating, simple past and past participle marinated)

1. (transitive, 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. (by extention)
   1. (ambitransitive) To allow a substance to be absobed into the hair or scalp.
      • 1992 September 3, Laura Potler (GSFC), “own private idaho”, in ‎^[1] (Usenet):

        oblucy:
        "vinegar... to marinate the scalp...
        oil... to lubricate the scalp..."

      • 2000, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Men: From Heart Disease and Headaches to Flabby Abs and Fatigue, Random House Publishing Group, page 243:

        Let your scalp marinate while you shave.

      • 2014 [2006], Ellen Sandbeck, Organic Housekeeping: In Which the Non-Toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity (ebook), Scribner, page 400:

        Wrap a dry towel around the wet towel, and let your child's hair marinate for an hour.

   2. (ambitransitive) Of a substance, to absorb into the hair or scalp.
      • 2003 November 22, fig, “I met THE Philip B. today!”, in ‎^[2] (Usenet):

        a rejuvenating oil you use to saturate your hair and let it marinate from 15 minutes to 2 hours

      • 2015, Savannah Born, Shampoo-Free: A DIY Guide to Putting Down the Bottle and Embracing Healthier, Happier Hair (ebook), Skyhorse Publishing, unnumbered page:

        [...] hair rather than the scalp, but as always, experiment. You can also play around with how long you leave the mixture on your head — some people have better results after letting the ACV marinate for a few minutes.

3. (intransitive) Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time.
4. (figurative, informal) Especially of a haircut, to settle in and for one to get used to it.

   It's not a bad haircut! You just got to let it marinate!

marinate (not comparable)

1. (rare) Marinated.

• animater, natremia

marinate

1. inflection of marinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

marinate f pl

1. feminine plural of marinato

• amarenti, antimera, atermani, marniate, materani, riamante, rimenata, teramani

marinate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of marinar combined with te

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