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соли́ть — meaning in English

solit

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English meaning

  • brine noun Water that has a lot of salt dissolved in it, used for pickling or preserving food.
  • marinate verb To soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking, to add flavour or tenderize it.
  • pickle noun A cucumber or other vegetable preserved in vinegar or brine.
  • salt noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.

Senses

соли́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • brine (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution.
  • marinate (ergative) To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
  • pickle (transitive, ergative) To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
  • salt (mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

brine — full definition

  1. noun Water that has a lot of salt dissolved in it, used for pickling or preserving food.
  2. verb To soak food in a strong salt solution, either to preserve it or to add flavor and moisture before cooking.

marinate — full definition

  1. verb To soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking, to add flavour or tenderize it.
  2. verb Figuratively, to let an idea or feeling sit and develop in one's mind over time.
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