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Noun salting has 1 sense

salting - the act of adding salt to food
--₁ is a kind of seasoning

Derived form: verb salt₁

Verb salt has 4 senses

salt - add salt to
--₁ is one way to season, flavor, flavour

Derived forms: noun salt₄, noun salt₂, noun salter₁, noun salting₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
salt - sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
--₂ is one way to sprinkle, splash, splosh
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
salt - add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes"
--₃ is one way to spice, spice up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"
--₄ is one way to preserve, keep

Derived forms: noun salt₄, noun salt₂, noun salter₁
Sample sentence:
The chefs salt the vegetables