seal
封条,封闭,封锁,封口
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Definitions
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- : an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- : a stamp, medallion, ring, etc., engraved with such a device, for impressing paper, wax, lead, or the like: The king took the seal from his finger and applied it to the document.
- : the impression so obtained: It was unmistakably the royal seal on the document.
- : a mark or symbol attached to a legal document and imparting a formal character to it, originally wax with an impression.
- : a piece of wax or similar adhesive substance so attached to an envelope, folded document, etc., that it must be broken when the object is opened, insuring that the contents have not been tampered with or altered.
- : anything that tightly or completely closes or secures a thing, as closures or fastenings for doors and railroad cars, adhesive stamps and tapes used to secure the flap of an envelope, etc.
- : something that keeps a thing secret: Her vow was the seal that kept her silent.
- : a decorative stamp, especially as given to contributors to a charitable fund: a Christmas seal.
- : a mark, sign, symbol, or the like, serving as visible evidence of something.
- : anything that serves as assurance, confirmation, or bond: She gave the plan her seal of approval.
- : Plumbing. a small amount of water held by a trap to exclude foul gases from a sewer or the like.the depth of the part of the water that actually excludes the gases.
- : the seals, British. the tokens or signs of public office.
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- : to affix a seal to in authorization, testimony, etc.
- : to assure, confirm, or bind with or as if with a seal: They sealed the bargain with a handshake.
- : to impress a seal upon as evidence of legal or standard exactness, measure, quality, etc.
- : to close by any form of fastening that must be broken before access can be gained.
- : to fasten or close tightly by or as if by a seal: She was sealing envelopes. My lips are sealed.
- : to decide irrevocably: to seal someone's fate.
- : to grant under one's seal or authority, as a pardon.
- : Mormon Church. to make forever binding; solemnize.
- : Electricity. to bring into locked or fully aligned position.
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- : seal off, to close hermetically: to seal off a jar.to block completely so as to prevent escape or entrance: The police sealed off the area after the bomb threat was received.
Phrases
- seal of approval
- seal off
- seal one's fate
- lips are sealed
- set one's seal on
- signed, sealed and delivered
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
If you want to take things further, you can sew a zipper to the open side of the sack to seal it up.
Recently, the S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that the company would join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing industrial stalwart Exxon—a sort of seal of approval that puts Salesforce in lofty company.
Lids or seals are generally required, but some states say drinks also need to be transported in the trunk.
Some snails survive the trip through fish and birds by sealing their shells and waiting it out.
The suit consists of a pair of overalls with built-in shoes and a seal around the waist.
Fellow SEAL Matt Bissonnette also claims to have shot bin Laden.
Vreeland believes that in the end, his grandmother put her subtle seal of approval on his lifestyle.
Simultaneously, a brigade of mercenaries and Congolese soldiers would seal off the city and expel the guerrillas.
Now the lead breacher explained how he cut through the steel doors bin Laden used to seal himself into the compound at night.
The father had known tragedy with the death of his son, the former SEAL, when he was just 51.
In truth, it was so intently engaged with a sleeping seal that it had not observed the approach of the sledge.
With this I will end this letter, leaving it in this state until it is time to seal it, in case anything should occur to be added.
On breaking the seal, a letter at the top of a bundle of papers presented itself.
Richard Cromwell's parliament dissolved by commission under the great seal, at the instance of Desborough.
Go, young man, and tell the tree to come hither, and the tree will obey you when you show it my seal.