To preserve food in a salt solution.
To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking 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 keep; to store something for someone.
To remain loyal.
To grasp or grip firmly.
To persist.
Wait a short while.