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sealed
seal 1 C0184600 (sēl)n.1. a. 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.b. An airtight closure: a door that lacks a tight seal.c. 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.d. The water in the trap of a drain that prevents sewer gas from escaping into a room.2. a. 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?b. A small decorative paper sticker.3. 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.4. An indication or symbol regarded as guaranteeing or authenticating something: The choral director gave the program his seal of approval.tr.v. sealed, seal·ing, seals 1. a. To close or fasten with a seal: seal an envelope; seal a test tube.b. To prevent (a liquid or gas) from escaping: Charring a piece of meat seals in the juices.c. To cover, secure, or fill up (an opening): sealed the hole in the pipe with epoxy.d. To apply a waterproof coating to: seal a blacktop driveway.e. To secure or prevent passage into and out of (an area). Often used with off: The police sealed off the crime scene.2. To affix a seal to (something) in order to prove authenticity, accuracy, or quality.3. To establish or determine irrevocably: Our fate was sealed.4. Mormon Church To make (a marriage, for example) eternally binding; solemnize forever.Idioms: (one's) lips are sealed Used to indicate that one will not disclose a piece of information. under seal Having an impression or emblem attesting to a document's authenticity and reliability.
[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; see sekw- in Indo-European roots.]
seal′a·ble adj.
seal 2 C0184600 (sēl)n.1. 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.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.
[Middle English sele, from Old English seolh.]sealed (siːld) vb the past participle of seal1adj (Civil Engineering) Austral and NZ (of a road) having a hard surface; made-upThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | sealed - established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"certainunsealed, 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 pavedAustralia, 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 colonypaved - 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 plasterplasteredcovered - 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" |
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sealed (up)Sl. settled; secured; cinched. The matter was sealed by Monday morning. The contract was sealed up just in time.See also: sealsealed verbSee sealed upSee also: sealEncyclopediaSeesealAcronymsSeeSsealed
Related to sealed: Sealed Air, Hermetically sealedSynonyms for sealedadj established irrevocablySynonymsAntonymsadj closed or secured with or as if with a sealRelated WordsAntonymsadj undisclosed for the time beingRelated Wordsadj determined irrevocablyRelated Wordsadj having been pavedRelated Words- Australia
- Commonwealth of Australia
- paved
adj covered with a waterproof coatingRelated Wordsadj (of walls) covered with a coat of plasterSynonymsRelated Words |