salted; salting; salts transitive verb 1 a : to treat, provide, or season with common salt salt the food salt a driveway b : to preserve (food) with salt or in brine a supply of salted beef/fish c : to supply (an animal) with salt the field where cattle are salted 2 : to give flavor or piquancy to (something, such as a story) 3 a

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