seal
verb /siːl/
/siːl/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they seal | /siːl/ /siːl/ |
| he / she / it seals | /siːlz/ /siːlz/ |
| past simple sealed | /siːld/ /siːld/ |
| past participle sealed | /siːld/ /siːld/ |
| -ing form sealing | /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ |
- seal something (up/down) to close an envelope, etc. by sticking the edges of the opening together
- Make sure you've signed the cheque before sealing the envelope.
- a sealed bid (= one that is kept in a sealed envelope and therefore remains secret until all other bids have been received)
- [often passive] to close a container tightly or fill a small opening, etc., especially so that air, liquid, etc. cannot get in or out
- seal something (with something) He sealed the bag tightly with sticky tape.
- be sealed (up) (with something) The windows and doors had been sealed up with bricks.
- The organs are kept in sealed plastic bags.
Extra Examples- The containers must be carefully sealed so that no air can get in.
- The whole unit is sealed to prevent dust getting in.
- The unit is completely sealed.
- a hermetically sealed container
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- properly
- tightly
- …
- from
- with
- seal something to make something definite, so that it cannot be changed or argued about
- to seal a contract
- They drank a glass of wine to seal their new friendship.
- The discovery of new evidence sealed his fate (= nothing could prevent what was going to happen to him).
- She sealed victory with a birdie at the final hole.
- [often passive] seal something (with something) to cover the surface of something with a substance in order to protect it
- The floors had been stripped and sealed with varnish.
- seal something (of the police, army, etc.) to prevent people from passing through a place
- Troops have sealed the borders between the countries.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- properly
- tightly
- …
- from
- with
close envelope
close container
make something definite
cover surface
close borders/exits
Word Originverb Middle English (in senses (2), (5) and (6)): from Old French seel (noun), seeler (verb), from Latin sigillum ‘small picture’, diminutive of signum ‘a sign’.
Idioms
my lips are sealed
- used to say that you will not repeat somebody’s secret to other people
signed and sealed | signed, sealed and delivered
- definite, because all the legal documents have been signed
- The contracts are already signed and sealed.
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