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n.

1. A die or signet having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression on a receptive substance such as wax or lead.
2. The impression so made.
3. The design or emblem itself, belonging exclusively to the user: a monarch's seal.
4. A small disk or wafer of wax, lead, or paper bearing such an imprint and affixed to a document to prove authenticity or to secure it.
5. An airtight closure.
6. A closure, as on a package, used to prove that the contents have not been tampered with.
Something, such as a commercial hallmark, that authenticates, confirms, or attests.
A substance, especially an adhesive agent such as wax or putty, used to close or secure something or to prevent seepage of moisture or air.
A device that joins two systems or elements in such a way as to prevent leakage.
1. An airtight closure.
2. A closure, as on a package, used to prove that the contents have not been tampered with.
A small decorative paper sticker.

tr.v. sealed, seal·ing, seals

To affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy, legal weight, quality, or another standard.
1. To close with or as if with a seal.
2. To close hermetically.
3. To make fast or fill up, as with plaster or cement.
4. To apply a waterproof coating to: seal a blacktop driveway.
To grant, certify, or designate under seal or authority.
To establish or determine irrevocably: Our fate was sealed.
Mormon Church To make (a marriage, for example) binding for life; solemnize forever.

Phrasal Verb(s):
seal off
To close tightly or surround with a barricade or cordon: An unused wing of the hospital was sealed off.

[Middle English, from Old French seel, from Vulgar Latin *sigellum, from Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum, sign, seal; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

seal'a·ble adj.

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seal² Audio Help (sēl) Pronunciation Key
n.

Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, found chiefly in the Northern Hemisphere and having a sleek, torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers.
The pelt or fur of one of these animals, especially a fur seal.
Leather made from the hide of one of these animals.