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单词 salting away
释义

salt away

verb

salted away; salting away; salts away

transitive verb

: to lay away (something valuable, such as money) safely : save

Synonyms

  • cache
  • hoard
  • lay away
  • lay by
  • lay in
  • lay up
  • put by
  • squirrel (away)
  • stash
  • stockpile
  • store
  • stow
  • treasure
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Example Sentences

salted away some jewels in a safe-deposit box for the lean times

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

salting away

verb

present participle of salt away
as in storing
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place salted away some jewels in a safe-deposit box for the lean times

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • storing
  • stashing
  • setting aside
  • laying in
  • laying up
  • laying by
  • laying away
  • squirrelling (away)
  • squirreling (away)
  • hoarding
  • putting by
  • rounding up
  • accumulating
  • collecting
  • stockpiling
  • conserving
  • acquiring
  • caching
  • saving
  • stowing
  • treasuring
  • scraping (together)
  • setting by
  • preserving
  • depositing
  • keeping
  • gathering
  • piling
  • picking up
  • stacking
  • assembling
  • amassing
  • retaining
  • garnering
  • banking
  • concentrating
  • stocking
  • heaping
  • withholding
  • holding
  • reserving
  • burying
  • concealing
  • husbanding
  • secreting
  • coffering
  • ensconcing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • throwing away
  • flinging (off or away)
  • throwing out
  • unloading
  • using up
  • dumping
  • handing out
  • casting
  • discarding
  • handing over
  • wasting
  • ditching
  • consuming
  • jettisoning
  • running through
  • spending
  • relinquishing
  • squandering
  • frittering (away)
  • blowing
  • surrendering
  • dissipating
  • exhausting
  • lavishing
  • depleting
  • expending
  • scattering
  • impoverishing
  • dispersing
  • dissipating
  • dispelling
  • misspending
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