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salts up

salts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 salts up

What is salts up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Salts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salt up.

Words near salts up in the dictionary

  1. salts away
  2. salts down
  3. salts out
  4. salts the earth
  5. salts the mine
  6. salts up
  7. Saltses
  8. saltshaker
  9. saltshakers
  10. Saltsman
  11. Saltsmans

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