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noun | verb | adjective saltsalt1 /sɔlt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun ETYMOLOGYsalt1Origin: Old English sealt ► pinch of salt a pinch of salt (=a small amount) 1 [uncountable] a natural white mineral, usually in the form of very small grains, that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it: Season the sauce with salt and pepper. a pinch of salt (=a small amount) → see also rock salt, sea salt, table salt2the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary, but good and honest3[countable] science, chemistry a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base4old salt a sailor who has had a lot of experience sailing on the ocean [Origin: Old English sealt] → see also bath salts, Epsom salts, take something with a grain of salt at grain (6), rub salt into a wound at rub1 (6), smelling salts, worth his/her salt at worth1 (7) noun | verb | adjective saltsalt2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsalt |
Present | I, you, we, they | salt | | he, she, it | salts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | salted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have salted | | he, she, it | has salted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had salted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will salt | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have salted |
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Present | I | am salting | | he, she, it | is salting | | you, we, they | are salting | Past | I, he, she, it | was salting | | you, we, they | were salting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been salting | | he, she, it | has been salting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been salting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be salting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been salting |
1to add salt to food to make it taste better: Lightly salt the water and add the pasta. salted peanuts2to add salt to food to preserve it: salted fish3to put salt on the roads to prevent them from becoming icysalt something ↔ away phrasal verb to save money for the future, sometimes money you have earned dishonestly: They had salted away over $45 million in overseas bank accounts. noun | verb | adjective saltsalt3 adjective [only before noun] 1preserved by salt: salt pork2consisting of saltwater: a salt lake |