Seal definition
The choral director gave the program his seal of approval.
An example of seal is a college's official stamp.
An example of seal is a harp seal.
An example of seal is to lick an envelope and close it.
Used caulk as a seal around the window.
A door that lacks a tight seal.
The title page is marked with the publisher's seal. Does the scale have the inspector's seal?
A monarch's seal.
Our fate was sealed.
Charring a piece of meat seals in the juices.
Sealed the hole in the pipe with epoxy.
Seal a blacktop driveway.
The police sealed off the crime scene.
A handshake as a seal of friendship.
A Christmas seal.
To seal one's fate.
To seal the transcript of the testimony.
The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.
To seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
To seal a drainpipe with water.
Seal an envelope; seal a test tube.
- Used to indicate that one will not disclose a piece of information.
- Having an impression or emblem attesting to a document's authenticity and reliability.
- to close completely
- to enclose or surround (an area, etc.) with barriers, a cordon, etc.
- to mark with one's seal
- to endorse; approve
- in a document authenticated by one's seal
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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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