| Marinate (v. t.) To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade. Thesaurus Entries anhydrate, blast-freeze, brine, corn, cure, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, irradiate, jerk, kipper, marinade, mummify, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, salt, season, smoke, smoke-cure, stuff |