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Definition brine

Etymology

From Middle English brine, bryne, from Old English br?ne, br?ne, from Proto-Germanic *br?nijaz, *br?naz (compare Scots brime, West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn (“brine”), West Flemish brijne), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reyH- (“to cut, maim”) (compare Old Irish ro·bria (“may hurt, damage”), Latin fri?re (“to rub, crumble”), Slovene bríti (“to shave, shear”), Albanian brej (“to gnaw”), Sanskrit ?????? (bhr????ti, “they injure, hurt”)).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri (compare Latin mar?nus).

Noun

brine (usually uncountable, plural brines)

1. Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
2. The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

Verb

brine (third-person singular simple present brines, present participle brining, simple past and past participle brined)

1. (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution.

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