Definition of seal Seal
/siˈl/ - [seel] - seal
We found 57 definitions of seal from 8 different sources.
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| seal - a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | ||
| stamp | ||
| device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" | ||
| bulla the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull | ||
| cachet a seal on a letter | ||
| great seal the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty | ||
| handstamp, rubber stamp a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand | ||
| seal - fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure | ||
| holdfast, fastener, fastening, fixing restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | ||
| break seal a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed; "it was stored in a tube with a break seal" | ||
| gasket seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint | ||
| piston ring seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall | ||
| seal - any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions | ||
| pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers | ||
| crab-eating seal, crabeater seal silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans | ||
| eared seal pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur | ||
| seal - a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture | ||
| coat, coating growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | ||
| seal - a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" | ||
| impression, stamp the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax" | ||
| seal - the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" | ||
| sealskin | ||
| pelt, fur dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) | ||
| seal - fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters | ||
| sealing wax | ||
| holdfast, fastener, fastening, fixing restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | ||
| seal - a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land" | ||
| Navy SEAL, SEAL | ||
| bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy, sailor a serviceman in the navy | ||
| naval special warfare, nsw the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare | ||
| seal - an indication of approved or superior status | ||
| cachet, seal of approval | ||
| accolade, laurels, award, honor, honour a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court" | ||
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| seal - make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows" | ||
| seal off | ||
| shut, close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| reseal seal again; "reseal the bottle after using the medicine" | ||
| waterproof make watertight; "Waterproof the coat" | ||
| caulk, calk seal with caulking; "caulk the window" | ||
| pack treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" | ||
| seal - close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" | ||
| unseal break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" | ||
| seal off, seal decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms" | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
| fill up, close eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" | ||
| seal - affix a seal to; "seal the letter" | ||
| stick on, affix attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem" | ||
| seal - hunt seals | ||
| hunt down, track down, hunt, run pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" | ||
| seal - decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms" | ||
| make up one's mind, decide, determine reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" | ||
| seal - cover with varnish | ||
| varnish | ||
| coat, surface cover or provide with a coat | ||
| shellac, shellack cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- seal (Noun)
A pinniped, particularly an earless seal true seal or eared seal . - seal (Noun)
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. - seal (Noun)
An impression of a stamp on wax or paper. - seal (Noun)
A design or ensignia usually associated with an organization or an official role. - seal (Noun)
Anything that secures or authenticates. - seal (Noun)
Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design. - seal (Noun)
Confirmation or an indication of confirmation. - seal (Noun)
Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint. - seal (Noun)
A tight closure, secure against leakage. - seal (Noun)
A chakra. - seal (Verb)
To hunt seals. - seal (Verb)
To place a seal on a document. - seal (Verb)
To fasten something so that it cannot be opened without visible damage. - seal (Verb)
To prevent people or vehicles from crossing something. - seal (Verb)
To close securely to prevent leakage. - seal (Verb)
To place in a sealed container. - seal (Verb)
To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment. - seal (Verb)
To guarantee. - seal (Verb)
To tie up animals especially cattle in their stalls.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- seal (n.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae. - seal (n.)
An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security. - seal (n.)
Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal. - seal (n.)
That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it. - seal (n.)
That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance. - seal (n.)
An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap. - seal (v. t.)
To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed. - seal (v. t.)
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware. - seal (v. t.)
To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter. - seal (v. t.)
Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret. - seal (v. t.)
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. - seal (v. t.)
To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5. - seal (v. t.)
Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. - seal (v. i.)
To affix one's seal, or a seal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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seal
A mammal belonging to the Pinnipedia, an order of aquatic placental mammals having a streamlined body and limbs specialized as flippers: includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus. -
seal
Any device or system that creates a nonleaking union between two mechanical or process-system elements.\n(Source: MGH) -
seal
To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage. -
seal
An emblem, symbol, etc., placed on something to show its authenticity.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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seal
sēl, n. an engraved stamp for impressing the wax which closes a letter, &c.: the wax or other substance so impressed: that which makes fast or secure: that which authenticates or ratifies: assurance: the water left standing in the trap of a drain or sewer, preventing the upward flow of gas: the sigil or signature of a plant, &c., in medieval medicine: the sign of the cross, baptism, confirmation, the ineffaceable character supposed to be left on the soul by some sacraments.—v.t. to fasten with a seal: to set a seal to: to mark with a stamp: to make fast: to confirm: to keep secure: to close the chinks of: to secure against an escape of air or gas by means of a dip-pipe: to accept: to sign with the cross, to baptise or confirm.—adj. Sealed, certified by a seal: inaccessible.—ns. Seal′-engrav′ing, the art of engraving seals; Seal′er, one who seals: an inspector of stamps; Seal′ing, confirmation by a seal; Seal′ing-day (Shak.), a day for sealing anything; Seal′ing-wax, wax for sealing letters, &c.—also Seal′-wax; Seal′-pipe, a dip-pipe; Seal′-press, a stamp bearing dies for embossing any device upon paper or lead; Seal′-ring (Shak.), a signet-ring; Seal′-wort, Solomon's seal.—Seal of the fisherman, the papal privy seal impressed on wax, representing St Peter fishing.—Great seal, the state seal of the United Kingdom; Leaden seal, a disc of lead pierced with two holes through which are passed the ends of a twisted wire; Privy Seal, the seal appended to grants, and in Scotland authenticating royal grants of personal rights; Set one's seal to, to give one's authority or assent to; Under seal, authenticated. [O. Fr. seel—L. sigillum, dim. of signum, a mark.] -
seal
sēl, n. the name commonly applied to all the Pinnipedia except the morse or walrus—carnivorous mammals adapted to a marine existence; the two great families are Phocidæ (without external ears) and Otariidæ (having distinct though small external ears): (her.) a bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.—v.t. to hunt seals.—ns. Seal′-bird, the slender-billed shear-water; Seal′er, a man or a ship engaged in the seal-fishery; Seal′ery, a seal-fishing station: seal-fishery; Seal′-flow′er, the bleeding heart; Seal′ing, Seal′-fish′ing, the act of catching seals; Seal′-rock′ery, a place where many seals breed; Seal′skin, the prepared fur of the fur-seal used for women's jackets, a garment made of this.—Sealskin cloth, a cloth made of mohair with a nap, and dyed to resemble the fur of the seal. [A.S. seolh; Ice. selr, Sw. själ.]
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seal
[from the Anglo-Saxon seolh]. The well-known marine piscivorous animal.
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