To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution.
To preserve food in a salt solution.
The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.
Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
To become damped or deadened.
To become damp or moist.