To add salt to food to enhance its flavor or preserve it. She salted the soup to bring out its flavors.
To spread salt on a surface, such as a road or sidewalk, to melt ice or snow. The city workers salted the roads to prevent accidents during the snowstorm.
To sprinkle or scatter something, often metaphorically, to add interest or variety. He salted his speech with humorous anecdotes to keep the audience engaged.