There are probably very few people who use this word in just the way we do as a family. Usually it means to move or cause to move rapidly up and down or from side to side, but we have a large garden from which we obtain lots of fruit, vegetables and herbs. I pack some in brine or syrup,  make sauces, jams, and have even bought a dryer (not a clothes dryer) so that I can produce such things as semi-dried plums.