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brine
(brīn)n.
1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.
2.
a. The water of a sea or an ocean.
b. A large body of salt water.
3. Salt water used for preserving and pickling foods.
tr.v. brined, brin·ing, brines
To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water.
[Middle English, from Old English brīne.]
brin′er n.
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brine
(braɪn)n
1. (Cookery) a strong solution of salt and water, used for salting and pickling meats, etc
2. (Physical Geography) the sea or its water
3. (Elements & Compounds) chem
a. a concentrated solution of sodium chloride in water
b. any solution of a salt in water: a potassium chloride brine.
vb
(tr) to soak in or treat with brine
[Old English brīne; related to Middle Dutch brīne, Old Slavonic bridŭ bitter, Sanskrit bibhrāya burnt]
ˈbrinish adj
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brine
(braɪn)n., v. brined, brin•ing. n.
1. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
2. a salt and water solution for pickling.
3. the sea or ocean.
4. the water of the sea.
5. any saline solution.
v.t. 6. to treat with or steep in brine.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳne; c. Middle Dutch brīne]
brine′less, adj.
brin′er, n.
brin′ish, adj.
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brine
(brīn)1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.
2. The water of a sea or an ocean.
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brine
Past participle: brined
Gerund: brining
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| I brine |
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| he/she/it brines |
| we brine |
| you brine |
| they brine |
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| I brined |
| you brined |
| he/she/it brined |
| we brined |
| you brined |
| they brined |
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| I am brining |
| you are brining |
| he/she/it is brining |
| we are brining |
| you are brining |
| they are brining |
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| I have brined |
| you have brined |
| he/she/it has brined |
| we have brined |
| you have brined |
| they have brined |
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| I was brining |
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| he/she/it was brining |
| we were brining |
| you were brining |
| they were brining |
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| I had brined |
| you had brined |
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| we had brined |
| you had brined |
| they had brined |
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| I will brine |
| you will brine |
| he/she/it will brine |
| we will brine |
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| I will have brined |
| you will have brined |
| he/she/it will have brined |
| we will have brined |
| you will have brined |
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| I will be brining |
| you will be brining |
| he/she/it will be brining |
| we will be brining |
| you will be brining |
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| I have been brining |
| you have been brining |
| he/she/it has been brining |
| we have been brining |
| you have been brining |
| they have been brining |
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| I will have been brining |
| you will have been brining |
| he/she/it will have been brining |
| we will have been brining |
| you will have been brining |
| they will have been brining |
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| I had been brining |
| you had been brining |
| he/she/it had been brining |
| we had been brining |
| you had been brining |
| they had been brining |
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| I would brine |
| you would brine |
| he/she/it would brine |
| we would brine |
| you would brine |
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| Past Conditional |
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| I would have brined |
| you would have brined |
| he/she/it would have brined |
| we would have brined |
| you would have brined |
| they would have brined |
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Noun 1. [画像:brine - water containing salts]brine - water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"
atomic number 35, Br, bromine - a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
atomic number 53, I, iodin, iodine - a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
atomic number 19, potassium, K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
atomic number 11, Na, sodium - a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
common salt, sodium chloride - a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
calcium chloride - a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent
red tide - seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin
evaporite - the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater
2. brine - a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
Verb 1. brine - soak in brine
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
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brine
noun salt water, saline solution, pickling solution Soak the walnuts in brine for four or five days.
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Translations
مَحْلولٌ ملْحي، خَلٌّ
slaný nálev
saltlage
suolavesi
sósvíz
pækill, saltvatn
sūrussūrymas
sālījumssālsūdens
nálev
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brine
n
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brine
(brain) noun very salty water. a jar of olives in brine. pekelwater مَحْلولٌ ملْحي، خَلٌّ марината salmoura slaný nálev die Sole saltlage άλμη salmuera soolvesi آب نمک suolavesi saumure מֵי מֶלָח खारा पानी rasol sósvíz air asin pækill, saltvatn salamoia 塩水 소금물 sūrymas sālsūdens; sālījums air garam pekel saltvann, saltlake solanka مالګینی اوبه salmoura saramură рассол (slaný) nálev slanica rasol saltvatten, saltlake น้ําเกลือ tuzlu su, salamura 滷水 розсіл; ропа کھاری ، نمکین پانی nước mặn 盐水
ˈbriny adjective (of water) very salty. sout, siltig مالِح، خَلّي саламура salgado slaný salzig salt αλμυρός salado, salobre tulisoolane خیلی شور suolainen salé, saumâtre מְלוּחִים नमकीन slano sós (vizű) asin sekali saltur salato 塩辛い 소금물의 sūrus (par ūdeni) ļoti sāļš air masin zout salt solankowy ډیر تریو، ډیر تروش salgado (foarte) sărat солёный slaný slan veoma slan salt (น้ํา) เค็มมาก çok tuzlu 很鹹的 солоний, солонуватий بہت نمکین mặn 很咸的
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