marinare — meaning in English

English meaning

• marinate verb To soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking, to add flavour or tenderize it.
• skive verb (informal) To dodge lessons or work instead of doing them.

Senses

marinare is used for these senses in English:

• marinate (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.
• play truant (intransitive) To be absent from school without permission.
• skive (UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

marinate — full definition

1. verb To soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking, to add flavour or tenderize it.
2. verb Figuratively, to let an idea or feeling sit and develop in one's mind over time.

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