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 something soft or softer.
To palatalize.
To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
To make less harsh
To become soft or softer
To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).