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 maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
To continue with (work, etc).
To stay even or ahead.
To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.
To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep