sealed

seal ¹  (sl)

n.

1.

a. A die or signet having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression on a receptive substance such as wax or lead.

b. The impression so made.

c. The design or emblem itself, belonging exclusively to the user: a monarch's seal.

d. 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.

2. Something, such as a commercial hallmark, that authenticates, confirms, or attests.

3. 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.

4. A device that joins two systems or elements in such a way as to prevent leakage.

5.

a. An airtight closure.

b. A closure, as on a package, used to prove that the contents have not been tampered with.

6. A small decorative paper sticker.

tr.v. sealed, seal·ing, seals

1. To affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy, legal weight, quality, or another standard.

2.

a. To close with or as if with a seal.

b. To close hermetically.

c. To make fast or fill up, as with plaster or cement.

d. To apply a waterproof coating to: seal a blacktop driveway.

3. To grant, certify, or designate under seal or authority.

4. To establish or determine irrevocably: Our fate was sealed.

5. Mormon Church To make (a marriage, for example) binding for life; solemnize forever.

Phrasal Verb:

seal off

To close tightly or surround with a barricade or cordon: An unused wing of the hospital was sealed off.

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[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.]

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seala·ble adj.

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seal ²  (sl)

n.

1. 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.

2. The pelt or fur of one of these animals, especially a fur seal.

3. Leather made from the hide of one of these animals.

intr.v. sealed, seal·ing, seals

To hunt seals.

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[Middle English sele, from Old English seolh.]

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sealed [siːld]

vb

the past participle of seal¹

adj

(Engineering / Civil Engineering) Austral and NZ (of a road) having a hard surface; made-up

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sealed - established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" certain unsealed, uncertain - not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed"
	2.	sealed - closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed" closed - not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" unsealed - not closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "unsealed goods"; "the letter arrived unsealed"
	3.	sealed - undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed move in chess" concealed - hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase"
	4.	sealed - determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" irrevocable, irrevokable - incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
	5.	sealed - having been paved Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony paved - covered with a firm surface
	6.	sealed - covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
	7.	sealed - (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster plastered covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"