saliō — meaning in English

English meaning

• jump verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
• leap verb To jump a long distance, or jump over something suddenly and forcefully.
• salt noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.

Senses

saliō is used for these senses in English:

• jump (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
• salt (mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

jump — full definition

1. verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
2. verb To increase suddenly and sharply.
3. verb To react with a sudden, involuntary start, usually from fright or surprise.
4. noun An act of jumping, or a sudden increase.

leap — full definition

1. verb To jump a long distance, or jump over something suddenly and forcefully.
2. noun The act of jumping, or the distance covered by a jump.
3. noun A sudden and significant advance or improvement.

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