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
  • On a recent Sunday afternoon, shoppers crowded the aisles at Tri Ocean Seafood Market on South Federal Boulevard, weaving around carts piled high with dragon fruit, Thai bananas and bundles of fresh herbs.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • That is exactly the challenge facing Apple, where Tim Cook’s extraordinary run was defined by operational mastery—building upon iPhone’s dominance while weaving an extraordinarily profitable global ecosystem of products, services, and retail.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of weaving
Verb
  • Developmental samples are experimental by nature, often mixing different materials and fibers, playing around with sequins or embellishments, maybe integrating zippers or buttons.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Stir in the salt and then the flour and continue mixing until all the dry ingredients are hydrated and a rough dough forms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of mixing
Verb
  • The resolution does not specify a schedule for inserting discrete one-hour corrections.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • French design firm Gilles & Boissier helped design the 21 guestrooms, inserting green spaces filled with palm trees and other tropical flora to make each living space feel ultra-private.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of inserting
Verb
  • Myers spoke vaguely about winning and losing, while interspersing clips of Ultimate Fighting Championship interviews with fighters after matches.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Arrange the citrus beautifully — interspersing different colors and sizes — on a serving platter.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of interspersing
Verb
  • After combining to win just 60 games over the past three seasons, good health could see the team residing in the nation’s capital crack 40 wins for the first time since 2018.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The new system takes the concept in a different direction by combining hydrogen production with chemical synthesis.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of combining

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“Salting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salting. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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