Marinate

Quick meaning: Marinate is a verb meaning To allow a substance to be absobed into the hair or scalp.

Meaning

To allow a substance to be absobed into the hair or scalp.

More Meanings

1. Of a substance, to absorb into the hair or scalp.
2. (intransitive) Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time.
3. (figurative, informal) Especially of a haircut, to settle in and for one to get used to it.
4. (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.
5. (rare) Marinated.

Example Sentences

Let your scalp marinate while you shave.

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

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.

Word Forms

• marinates
• marinating
• marinated

Synonyms for marinate

Depending on context, synonyms include marinade.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marinade, imbibe, marinize, soak, infuse, aromatize.

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