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noun
1.
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
2.
a stamp, medallion, ring, etc., engraved with such a device, for impressing paper, wax, lead, or the like: The king took the seal from his finger and applied it to the document.
3.
the impression so obtained: It was unmistakably the royal seal on the document.
4.
a mark or symbol attached to a legal document and imparting a formal character to it, originally wax with an impression.
5.
EXPANDa piece of wax or similar adhesive substance so attached to an envelope, folded document, etc., that it must be broken when the object is opened, insuring that the contents have not been tampered with or altered.
6.
anything that tightly or completely closes or secures a thing, as closures or fastenings for doors and railroad cars, adhesive stamps and tapes used to secure the flap of an envelope, etc.
7.
something that keeps a thing secret: Her vow was the seal that kept her silent.
8.
a decorative stamp, especially as given to contributors to a charitable fund: a Christmas seal.
9.
a mark, sign, symbol, or the like, serving as visible evidence of something.
10.
anything that serves as assurance, confirmation, or bond: She gave the plan her seal of approval.
11.
Plumbing.
a.
a small amount of water held by a trap to exclude foul gases from a sewer or the like.
b.
the depth of the part of the water that actually excludes the gases.
12.
COLLAPSEthe seals, British. the tokens or signs of public office.
verb (used with object)
13.
to affix a seal to in authorization, testimony, etc.
14.
to assure, confirm, or bind with or as if with a seal: They sealed the bargain with a handshake.
15.
to impress a seal upon as evidence of legal or standard exactness, measure, quality, etc.
16.
to close by any form of fastening that must be broken before access can be gained.
17.
EXPANDto fasten or close tightly by or as if by a seal: She was sealing envelopes. My lips are sealed.
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Sealed
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
22.
Idiomseal off,
a.
to close hermetically: to seal off a jar.
b.
to block (an entrance, area, etc.) completely so as to prevent escape or entrance: The police sealed off the area after the bomb threat was received.
23.
set one's seal to, to give one's approval to; authorize; endorse: Both families have set their seal to the marriage.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English seel, seil(e), seale mark on a document, token < Old French seel (French sceau) < Late Latin *sigellum, Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum sign; replacing Middle English seil, Old English (in)segel seal < Late Latin, as above; (v.) sealen, seilen < Old French seeler, seieler, derivative of seel
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English seel, seil(e), seale mark on a document, token < Old French seel (French sceau) < Late Latin *sigellum, Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum sign; replacing Middle English seil, Old English (in)segel seal < Late Latin, as above; (v.) sealen, seilen < Old French seeler, seieler, derivative of seel
Related forms
seal·a·ble, adjective
re·seal·a·ble, adjective
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noun
1.
any of numerous marine carnivores of the suborder Pinnipedia, including the eared or fur seals, as the sea lion, and the earless or hair seals, as the harbor seal.
2.
the skin of such an animal.
3.
leather made from this skin.
4.
the fur of the fur seal; sealskin.
5.
EXPANDa fur used as a substitute for sealskin.
6.
COLLAPSEa dark, gray brown.
verb (used without object)
7.
to hunt, kill, or capture seals.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sele, Old English seolh; cognate with Old Norse selr
before 900; Middle English sele, Old English seolh; cognate with Old Norse selr
Related forms
seal·like, adjective
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| sealed (siːld) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | the past participle of seal |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (Austral), (NZ) (of a road) having a hard surface; made-up |
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Word Origin & History
seal
"to fasten with (or as with) a seal," early 13c., from seal (n.1). Meaning "to place a seal on (a document)" is recorded from mid-14c.; sense of "to close up with wax, lead, cement, etc." is attested from 1660s, from the notion of wax seals on envelopes. To seal one's fate
EXPAND (1810) probably reflects the notion of a seal on an execution warrant.
COLLAPSE
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Science Dictionary
seal  (sēl) Pronunciation Key
Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, having a sleek, torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers. Seals live chiefly in the Northern Hemisphere and, like walruses, are pinnipeds. |
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Slang Dictionary
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