salt down in English

Forms: salts down [present, singular, third-person], salting down [participle, present], salted down [participle, past], salted down [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} salt down (third-person singular simple present salts down, present participle salting down, simple past and past participle salted down)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "salts down",
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"salt down" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms