salt up
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To put salt on something, like food or an icy road.
Literal meaning: To increase the salt level of something — transparent.
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To add salt to food while cooking or preparing it.
"Make sure you salt up the pasta water properly before you put the pasta in."
Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral
To spread salt on an icy road or pathway to prevent slipping.
"The council workers were out at 4 a.m. salting up the main roads before the morning rush."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Informal and not particularly common in standard usage. Can refer to seasoning food or treating roads and paths in winter. Less formal than 'salt down'.
Commonly used with
road pavement food pasta meat water
Forms
Base
salt up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
salts up
he/she/it
Past simple
salted up
yesterday
Past participle
salted up
have + pp
-ing form
salting up
continuous
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