seal
IPA: sˈiɫ
noun
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- A chakra.
- A surname.
- A village in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.
- (military) Short for Navy SEAL (“member of the Sea, Air, Land unit”).
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
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