"salting" meaning in English

See salting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: saltings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} salting (countable and uncountable, plural saltings)
  1. (uncountable) The act of sprinkling salt, either on food, or on an icy road. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-salting-en-noun-ZaPt-OJF
  2. (countable) A salt marsh. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-salting-en-noun-kO4tgEVO
  3. (uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence. Tags: uncountable Translations (act of adding bogus evidence): siembra de evidencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-salting-en-noun-BjnBovrK Disambiguation of 'act of adding bogus evidence': 16 0 81 3
  4. (UK, historical) The celebration of the Eton montem. Tags: UK, countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Salt, Tides, Wetlands
    Sense id: en-salting-en-noun-3YAQFzUp Disambiguation of Salt: 25 17 4 34 20 Disambiguation of Tides: 19 5 13 57 7 Disambiguation of Wetlands: 9 12 8 67 5 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 15 74 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 5 14 58 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 4 14 66 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 3 7 81 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 4 11 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 4 11 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 3 11 73 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 4 12 66 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 3 16 69 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 2 10 74 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: password salting [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: salting out Translations (act): suolaus (Finnish), salgadura [feminine] (Galician), sailleadh [masculine] (Irish), solenie [neuter] (Polish), salga [feminine] (Portuguese), salazón [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'act': 49 0 51 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} salting
  1. present participle and gerund of salt Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: salt
    Sense id: en-salting-en-verb-dH2K-9-V

Inflected forms

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