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    SALT AWAY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Keep or lay aside for future useplay

    Example:

    The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

    Synonyms:

    hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "salt away" is one way to...):

    hold on; keep (retain possession of)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "salt away"):

    bin (store in bins)

    computerise; computerize (store in a computer)

    victual (lay in provisions)

    accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

    hive (store, like bees)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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