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saltening

saltening is the present participle and gerund of salten.

Meaning of salten

Verb

salten (third-person singular simple present saltens, present participle saltening, simple past and past participle saltened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become salty or salted
    • It might, however, give more credit to the thermohaline structure in the Atlantic: the large influx of thermocline water saltens the surface layer, while a fresh subsurface layer might be generated by the salt export at intermediate depths.1999, Journal of Physical Oceanography, volume 29, page 2278

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Questions about saltening

What is saltening the present participle and gerund of?
Saltening is the present participle and gerund of salten.

Words near saltening in the dictionary

  1. salted up
  2. saltee
  3. saltees
  4. salten
  5. saltened
  6. saltening
  7. saltens
  8. salter
  9. Salter-Harris fracture
  10. Salter-Harris fractures
  11. Salterhebble

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