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salting up

salting up is the present participle and gerund of salt up.

Meaning of salt up

Verb

salt up (third-person singular simple present salts up, present participle salting up, simple past and past participle salted up)

  1. (transitive) to salt food for seasoning.
  2. (transitive, usually, drain, nozzle) To become encrusted with salt, such as from seawater or from salt-treated roads.
  3. (transitive) to become saltier, especially to become salty enough to inhibit agriculture.
  4. (transitive) To treat with salt in preparation for snowfall.

Questions about salting up

What is salting up the present participle and gerund of?
Salting up is the present participle and gerund of salt up.

Words near salting up in the dictionary

  1. salting away
  2. salting down
  3. salting out
  4. salting the earth
  5. salting the mine
  6. salting up
  7. saltings
  8. saltiphone
  9. saltiphones
  10. saltire
  11. saltired

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