salting

verb

Definition of saltingnext
present participle of salt
as in weaving
to scatter or set here and there among other things the old sailor salted his tale of the voyage with crude anecdotes and rough language

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Recent Examples of salting The goal is for salting to become muscle memory, your fingers an extension of your brain and your palate. — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Make ahead by salting and drying the tomatoes a few hours in advance, baking the crust earlier the same day, and assembling just before the final bake. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 June 2026 Let sit until ready to use (salting will pull out excess moisture from tomatoes). — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 June 2026 Some cucumber salad recipes call for salting and draining the cucumbers. — Martha Stewart, 15 May 2026 State police said a Wayne County plow truck was salting the left lane of the highway when the driver of a 2004 Toyota passenger car sideswiped the salt truck. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 New York City Department of Sanitation garbage trucks, tasked with moving snow and salting streets, and city buses passed by every few minutes. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 City workers are plowing and salting the streets so emergency vehicles can safely travel. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salting
  1. weaving
  2. mixing
  3. inserting
  4. interspersing
  5. combining
Verb
  • At the time of the crash, Pace’s vehicle was allegedly weaving in and out of lanes at speeds above 90 miles per hour.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • Beyond weaving the pivotal Osage leader Governor Joe into the script, the production team constructed an entire Osage village, alongside the specific lodge where the meeting took place.
    — Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of weaving
Verb
  • Brian La Broca was one of the vendors, selling water and a traditional drink called fernandito, a cocktail mixing Coca-Cola with fernet.
    — Julianna Mejia July 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
  • The trick to making the formula feel dynamic is mixing materials, as a blend of textures helps prevent your ensemble from falling flat.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 10 July 2026
Definition of mixing
Verb
  • Fast-forward to the ’90s, and aftermarket tuners were routinely cracking open an engine’s computer, removing the appropriate memory chip, inserting it into a reader, and writing lines of code to a new chip.
    — Peter Nelson, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has used his office to intervene on behalf of donors since taking office last year, inserting the state’s lawyers in civil disputes to help developers and car dealers.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of inserting
Verb
  • Parts of it are remarkably green, with patchwork fields interspersing the red-brick terraces, and the old industrial landscape reclaimed by nature reserves and parks.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • May 26 sports commentary Hey, Sean Keeler, Kiss every bruise, interspersing my whooped behind.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Definition of interspersing
Verb
  • The actual Tann was born to free parents and, according to some sources, served in the Union Army before moving to Kansas, where he became known for combining medicinal treatment with physical therapy.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • What will make the event more special is that several Pokémon Go communities are combining forces for giveaways, photo opportunities and activities led by ambassadors.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of combining

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“Salting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salting. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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