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 put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
To sink out of sight.
To engulf or overwhelm.