What does seal mean?
Definitions for seal
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word seal.
Princeton's WordNet
sealing wax, sealnoun
fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
seal, stampnoun
a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
seal, sealskinnoun
the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
"a coat of seal"
Navy SEAL, SEALnoun
a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare
"SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land"
sealnoun
a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
"the warrant bore the sheriff's seal"
cachet, seal, seal of approvalnoun
an indication of approved or superior status
sealnoun
a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
sealnoun
fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
sealverb
any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
seal, seal offverb
make tight; secure against leakage
"seal the windows"
sealverb
close with or as if with a seal
"She sealed the letter with hot wax"
sealverb
decide irrevocably
"sealing dooms"
sealverb
affix a seal to
"seal the letter"
varnish, sealverb
cover with varnish
sealverb
hunt seals
Webster Dictionary
Sealnoun
any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealnoun
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
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealnoun
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
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealnoun
that which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealnoun
that which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealnoun
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
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
to set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
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
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
to fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
to fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
to close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Sealverb
to affix one's seal, or a seal
Etymology: [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See Seal a stamp.]
Freebase
SEAL
In cryptography, SEAL is a very fast stream cipher optimised for machines with a 32-bit word size and plenty of RAM. SEAL is actually a pseudorandom function family in that it can easily generate arbitrary portions of the keystream without having to start from the beginning. This makes it particularly well suited for applications like encrypting hard drives. The first version was published by Phillip Rogaway and Don Coppersmith in 1994. The current version, published in 1997, is 3.0. SEAL, covered by two patents in the United States, both of which are assigned to IBM.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
seal
[from the Anglo-Saxon seolh]. The well-known marine piscivorous animal.
Editors Contribution
seal
An aquatic animal created in a variety of species.
Some people love to go seal watching on the coasts of some countries.
Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2016
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'seal' in Nouns Frequency: #2288
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'seal' in Verbs Frequency: #875
Anagrams for seal »
Elsa
sale, Sale
ales
lase
leas
ELAS
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of seal in a Sentence
We haven't yet found a way -- and I think it's going to be extremely difficult to hermetically seal the nation, abroad or here at home, against these kinds of attacks.
There has not been any action taken by the Indonesian Authorities to seal off the operations of PT Sime Indo Agro due to fire occurrence.
What I learned as a Navy SEAL, we go through high-intensity training. We adapt to stress really well. And I think we perform our best under stress.
Im calling for the release of the documents being held by the University of Delaware that contain Bidens staff personnel records because I believe it will have my complaint form, as well as my separation letter and other documents, maybe if other staffers that have tried to file complaints would come to light -- why are they under seal ? And why wont they be released to the public ?
Ir Amim spokeswoman Amy Cohen:
These measures serve to further seal off East Jerusalem from the West Bank and reinforce Israeli control of these areas, rendering the two-state framework based on two capitals in the heart of Jerusalem nonviable.
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Translations for seal
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- seehondAfrikaans
- فقمة, ختمArabic
- suitiAzerbaijani
- цюленьBelarusian
- reunigBreton
- foca, segell, segellarCatalan, Valencian
- tuleň, pečeť, lachtanCzech
- sælDanish
- Dichtung, Seehund, Petschaft, Robbe, SiegelGerman
- xeEwe
- σφραγίζω, σφράγισμα, σφραγίδα, στεγανοποίηση, φώκιαGreek
- foko, sigeloEsperanto
- empaquetadura, zapatilla, empaque, foca, sello, sellar, junta, cierreSpanish
- hüljesEstonian
- فک, مهرPersian
- sinetöidä, sulkea, tiiviste, leima, sinetti, hylje, tiivistää, tiiviys, hylkeitäFinnish
- kópurFaroese
- cacheter, phoque, sceau, sceller, jointFrench
- rónIrish
- ròn, seulaScottish Gaelic
- foca, selo, selarGalician
- fóka, pecsétHungarian
- կնքել, ծովաշուն, փոկ, կնիքArmenian
- anjing laut, lambang, tutup, segelIndonesian
- innsigla, selur, innsigliIcelandic
- interdire, sancire, chiudere, otaria, guarnizione, piombare, chiudere ermeticamente, sigillo, suggellare, sigillare, bollo, isolare, timbro, recintare, focaItalian
- חותםHebrew
- 封印, 海豹, 印章, 璽, アザラシ, 判, 封緘, 封Japanese
- ბეჭედიGeorgian
- итбалықKazakh
- puisiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ಸೀಲ್Kannada
- 물개, 물범, 도장Korean
- phoca, sigillumLatin
- SéihondLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ruonisLithuanian
- ronisLatvian
- kekenoMāori
- фока, запечатуваMacedonian
- انجيڠ لاءوت, anjing laut, sil, سيلMalay
- sluiting, verzegelen, verzegeling, zegel, zeehondDutch
- seglNorwegian Nynorsk
- sel, forsegling, seglNorwegian
- przypieczętować, uszczelka, foka, pieczęć, uszczelnienie, plomba, zaplombowaćPolish
- vedação, selo de segurança, selar, vedar, timbre, interditar, foca, selo, sinetePortuguese
- tgaun da mar, foca, tgàn marin, chaun da marRomansh
- focăRomanian
- сальник, запечатывать, печать, уплотнение, тюлень, герметизация, прокладка, уплотнитель, закрыватьRussian
- tuljan, пѐчат, pèčatSerbo-Croatian
- zapečatiti, pečat, tjulenj, zatesnitiSlovene
- sigill, sälSwedish
- siliSwahili
- แมวน้ำThai
- fokTurkish
- тюлень, печатьUkrainian
- مہرUrdu
- muhrUzbek
- dấu niêmVietnamese
- jifuk, jirob, fuk, meladogül, rob, melahidog, melajidog, meladog, hifuk, hirobVolapük
- 密封Chinese
- umnyamaZulu
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