marinate

Meanings

Verb

soak in marinade
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.
Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time
Especially of a haircut, to settle in and for one to get used to it.

Origin / Etymology

Likely from French marinade "a pickle for fish or meat, generally of wine and vinegar with herbs and spices,", from French mariner "to pickle in sea brine", from Old French marin (adj.) "of the sea," from Latin marinus "of the sea," from Latin mare "sea, the sea" from Proto-Indo-European *móri "the sea".

Synonyms

marinade

Scrabble Score: 10

marinate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
marinate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marinate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

marinate is a valid Words With Friends word