salt up

salzen

Salz zu einem Essen geben, damit es besser schmeckt.

In einfachem Englisch: To add salt to food to improve its taste.

• Salt up the potatoes before serving.
• He salted up the stew at the table.
• I prefer to salt up my own food.

Synonyme: salt, season with salt

Häufige Wendungen: salt up something, salt something up

verkrusten durch Salz

Von einer harten Salzschicht bedeckt werden.

In einfachem Englisch: To become covered with a hard layer of salt.

• Our boots salted up on the winter roads.
• The boat fittings had salted up after weeks at sea.
• These surfaces salt up whenever seawater dries on them.

Synonyme: become salt-encrusted

Häufige Wendungen: salt up quickly, salt up completely

versalzen

Mehr Salz enthalten, bei Boden oder Wasser; dadurch kann der Anbau von Pflanzen schwieriger werden.

In einfachem Englisch: For soil or water to become saltier, sometimes making it hard to grow crops.

• The soil is salting up.
• Poor drainage caused these fields to salt up.
• As the lake shrinks, its water salts up.

Synonyme: become saline

Häufige Wendungen: salt up gradually, salt up badly

Salz streuen

Vor dem Schneefall Salz auf Straßen oder Wege streuen, damit sich weniger Eis bildet.

In einfachem Englisch: To put salt on roads or paths before snow falls, so ice is less likely to form.

• They salted up the roads overnight.
• We should salt up the path before the snow arrives.
• The council is salting up streets ahead of tonight’s freeze.

Synonyme: salt, grit

Häufige Wendungen: salt up roads, salt something up