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seal

UK/siːl/ US/siː.əl/ common
verb (6) noun (9)

verb

1.

close with or as if with a seal

  • “She sealed the letter with hot wax”
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2.

make tight; secure against leakage

  • “seal the windows”
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3.

decide irrevocably

  • “sealing dooms”
4.

affix a seal to

  • “seal the letter”
5.

cover with varnish

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6.

hunt seals

noun

1.

fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

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2.

a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

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3.

the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

  • “a coat of seal”
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4.

a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare

  • “SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land”
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5.

a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)

  • “the warrant bore the sheriff”
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7.
8.

fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

9.

any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

Origin

From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).

Phrases

  • AccuPort seal
  • apex seal
  • balanced seal
  • bellows seal
  • blow fill seal
  • blue seal
  • Bodok seal
  • box-sealing tape
  • hermetically seal
  • seal in
  • seal off
  • seal point

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