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 finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).