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 promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
To cherish; to comfort.
To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.