salt
noun
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
are salting
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present progressiveof salt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It takes humility to learn, and we are salting the earth against any hope of humble receptivity to painful lessons.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2021
When it comes to savings, his clients are salting away cash for standard goals: cars, houses, retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
Instead, they are salting away their incomes in savings accounts and U.S. defense bonds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bishops are privately vexed, and priests are salting sermons with barbs directed at Rome; the board of one Milwaukee parish even recommended that members divert gifts from the annual collection for the Vatican.
From Time Magazine Archive
The coming rainy day will never be able to use up all that some folks are salting down for it.
From Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
