What is the meaning of the word "salt"?

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  1. (of speech) painful or bitter copy to clipboard adjective
    • salt scorn Shakespeare copy to clipboard
  2. add zest or liveliness to copy to clipboard verb
    • I salt my lectures with jokes. copy to clipboard
  3. preserve with salt copy to clipboard verb
    • people used to salt meats on ships copy to clipboard
  4. sprinkle as if with salt copy to clipboard verb
    • the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps copy to clipboard

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