Seal definition
An indication or symbol regarded as guaranteeing or authenticating something.
The choral director gave the program his seal of approval.
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To certify as being accurate, exact, of a given size, quality, capacity, etc. by fixing a stamp or seal to.
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The definition of a seal is a design pressed into wax or a marine mammal that lives and swims in cold waters.
An example of seal is a college's official stamp.
An example of seal is a harp seal.
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Seal is defined as to close something shut.
An example of seal is to lick an envelope and close it.
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A device or material that is used to close off or fasten an opening or connection, especially to prevent the escape of a liquid or gas.
Used caulk as a seal around the window.
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To attest to or confirm the truth or genuineness of (a promise, bargain, etc.)
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An airtight closure.
A door that lacks a tight seal.
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Something, such as a piece of tape, that is placed on a product or package to show that the contents have not been tampered with.
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A design used to identify a person or thing or to show that something is authentic, accurate, or of good quality.
The title page is marked with the publisher's seal. Does the scale have the inspector's seal?
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A small decorative paper sticker.
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A die or signet having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression on a receptive substance such as wax or lead.
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The impression so made.
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The design or emblem itself, belonging exclusively to the user.
A monarch's seal.
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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.
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To affix a seal to (something) in order to prove authenticity, accuracy, or quality.
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To establish or determine irrevocably.
Our fate was sealed.
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(mormon church) To make (a marriage, for example) eternally binding; solemnize forever.
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To prevent (a liquid or gas) from escaping.
Charring a piece of meat seals in the juices.
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To cover, secure, or fill up (an opening).
Sealed the hole in the pipe with epoxy.
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To apply a waterproof coating to.
Seal a blacktop driveway.
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To secure or prevent passage into and out of (an area). Often used with off:
The police sealed off the crime scene.
verb
Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, found chiefly in cold regions and having a sleek torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers.
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The pelt or fur of one of these animals, especially a fur seal.
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Leather made from the hide of one of these animals.
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To hunt seals.
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A design, initial, or other device placed on a letter, document, etc., as a mark of genuineness or authenticity: letters were, esp. formerly, closed with a wafer of molten wax into which was pressed the distinctive seal of the sender.
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A stamp, signet ring, etc., or the signet itself, used in making such a design.
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A wax wafer, piece of paper, etc. bearing the impression of some official design and used as to authenticate a signature or document.
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Anything that confirms, authenticates, or guarantees; pledge.
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An indication; sign; token.
A handshake as a seal of friendship.
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The standing water in the trap of a drainpipe, that seals off sewer gases.
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An ornamental stamp placed on envelopes, packages, etc.
A Christmas seal.
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Something that seals, closes, or fastens tightly or securely; specif., a piece of metal, paper, etc. so placed over a lid, cap, etc. that it must be broken before the container can be opened.
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A tight closure, as against the passage of air or water.
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To mark with a seal; fix a seal to.
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To secure the contents of (a letter, envelope, etc.), orig. by closing with a sealed wax wafer, now usually with mucilage, tape, or a gummed flap.
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To confirm or authenticate (a document, etc.) by marking with a seal.
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To grant, assign, or designate with a seal, pledge, etc.
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To settle, determine, or decide finally or irrevocably.
To seal one's fate.
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(elec.) To bring (a plug and jack) into full, interlocking contact.
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(law) To bar public examination of.
To seal the transcript of the testimony.
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(mormon ch.) To solemnize (a marriage) for eternity in a church rite.
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To close, shut, or fasten with or as with a seal.
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To close completely so as to make airtight or watertight.
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To apply a nonpermeable coating to (a porous surface, as of wood) as before painting.
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Any of two families (Otariidae and Phocidae) of sea carnivores with a doglike head, a torpedo-shaped body, and four webbed feet or flippers: they typically live in cold or temperate waters and usually eat fish.
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Leather made from sealskin.
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The fur of a fur seal.
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A similar fur used as a substitute for this.
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To hunt seals.
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A member of a special U.S. Navy combat unit trained for sea, air, or land commando operations.
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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.
In common law, an impression in wax, wafer, or other substance put on a document and attesting to its authenticity; a similar impression placed over the edge of an envelope, its unbroken condition indicating that the envelope is unopened, hence its contents are untampered with. A corporation’s seal is at times called a common seal.
the act of placing an impression upon an envelope or document to designate that it is undisturbed, the act of closing.
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A pinniped, particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
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A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
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An impression of a stamp on wax or paper.
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A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
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Anything that secures or authenticates.
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Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
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Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.
Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
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A tight closure, secure against leakage.
Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.
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To place a seal on (a document).
verb
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
To seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
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To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
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To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
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To place in a sealed container.
I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
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(chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
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To close by means of a seal.
To seal a drainpipe with water.
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(dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
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Sea, Air, Land (used as a name of a military unit)
acronym
A member of the Navy SEALs.
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The water in the trap of a drain that prevents sewer gas from escaping into a room.
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To close or fasten with a seal.
Seal an envelope; seal a test tube.
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(one's) lips are sealed
- Used to indicate that one will not disclose a piece of information.
idiom
under seal
- Having an impression or emblem attesting to a document's authenticity and reliability.
idiom
seal off
- to close completely
- to enclose or surround (an area, etc.) with barriers, a cordon, etc.
idiom
set one's seal to
- to mark with one's seal
- to endorse; approve
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under (one's) seal
- in a document authenticated by one's seal
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Other Word Forms
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seal
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sealsIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of seal
- Middle English die or signet for stamping an impression from Old French seel from Vulgar Latin sigellum from Latin sigillum diminutive of signum sign, seal sekw-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English sele from Old English seolh
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zÄ“le, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk, *solk 'to pull' (compare dialectal English sullow 'plough') or from Finno-Ugric *šülke (compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes). More at sullow.
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- From Old English sÇ£lan (“to bind").
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