salt

Less common meanings

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   anger and tearsnounslanguncountable

   Angry, bitter feelings that people show, especially online, when they lose or feel treated unfairly.

   His angry posts after he lost the game were pure salt.

   The salt in the chat got worse every time she won a round.

   UsageSay there is so much salt in the comments.

   Similartears, bitterness, indignation, outrage, bile

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    coastal marshnounrarecountable

    A wet, low stretch of ground near the sea where salty water floods in.

    Similarmarsh

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    adjective

    Covered by sea water, or growing where the sea floods the land.

    The salt meadows lay underwater after the storm tide.

    Geese feed on the salt grass along the muddy shore.

    UsageSay salt marsh.

    Similarsaline, tidal

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    sprinkle throughverbtransitive

    To add small bits of something here and there all through something else.

    Good speakers salt their talks with humor to keep people awake.

    She salted the essay with references to old films.

    UsageSay salt a story with jokes.

    Similarpepper, sprinkle, season, spice, lace

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    sailornounslangcountable

    A sailor, especially one who has spent many years at sea.

    The old salt told stories about storms he had survived.

    The old salt at the harbor told us stories about big storms.

    Similarsailor, seaman, mariner, seafarer, tar

    Oppositelandlubber

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    curse landverbtransitive

    To scatter salt over land you have destroyed, as a curse so that no one will live there again.

    Like ruining a garden's soil on purpose so nothing will ever grow in it.

    The soldiers salted the fields after burning the village.

    Invaders would salt the land to ruin it forever.

    UsageOften said as salt the earth.

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    fake a mineverbtransitive

    To secretly add things to a place or list, like fake gold in a mine, to fool people.

    Like hiding treasure in an empty box so people think the box is full.

    Cheats salt empty mines to trick buyers.

    He had salted the shaft with gold before the sale.

    UsageUse with for what is added: salt a mine with gold.

    Similardoctor

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    leave depositsverbintransitive

    To leave salt behind, the way very salty water does as it dries out.

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    table dishnouncountable

    A small dish or pot for holding salt on a dining table.

    I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts.

    1664, Samuel Pepys, Mynors BrightHere, salts means small dishes for holding salt at the table.

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    nounobsoleteuncountable

    The flavor or taste that good seasoning gives to food.

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    witnounobsoleteuncountable

    Sharp, clever wit in what someone says or writes.

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    adjectiveobsoletefiguratively

    Bitter, sharp, or harsh in taste or in feeling.

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    costlyadjectivearchaic

    Expensive and costing more than someone wants to pay.

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    lustfuladjectiveobsoletefiguratively

    Feeling strong sexual desire, or (of an animal) ready to mate.

    It is impossible you should see this, / Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, / As salt as wolves in pride, and fools as gross / As ignorance made drunk.

    c. 1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”Here, salt means full of sexual desire, like animals ready to mate.

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    verb

    To add special materials to a bomb so it gives off much more harmful radiation.
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    noun

    Random data added to a password before it is scrambled, making it harder to break.
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    verb

    To add random data to a password before scrambling it, to make it harder to break.
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    verb

    To lock a page name on a wiki so no one can make a page with that name.
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    noun

    A worker who takes a job at a company on purpose to help start a union there.
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    verb

    To pack salt between a wooden ship's planks to stop the wood from rotting.
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    nounUK

    Money that Eton schoolboys asked people for during an old school event.
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    nounobsolete

    A jump.