salt-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: add salt to

Commentary: Notes: may be metaphorical Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate]] SALT NP2[theme] NP1[agent[animate]] SALT NP2[theme] PP[instrument]

Examples:
Once my mother warned that she had accidentally over salted a dish.
I salted this dish with lavender salt.
The rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps.
She salts her lectures with jokes.
He salts his faith with desperation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: salt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3

Sense Number 2: preserve with salt

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate]] SALT NP2[theme]

Examples:
People used to salt meats on ships.
There were also large ships that would salt their cod while still wet.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Preserving
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 3: salt_away: store

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate]] SALT away NP2[theme] (PP[location]) NP1[agent[animate]] SALT NP2[theme] away (PP[location])

Examples:
She salted away a lot of food.
She salted the money away in a secret account.
He salted away most of his earnings in a bank account.
GE Energy Financial salts away natural gas.
She's making a lot of money, but salts it away rather than spending it.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: salt.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
salt_away 1

Sense Number 4: separate by adding salt to a solution

Commentary: Notes: most often used nominally or adjectivally. Syntax includes: NP1 SALT out NP2[patient] PP[instrument]

Examples:
He salted out the freebase with warm vinegar.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM