seal

seal
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noun
1 animal
ADJECTIVE
baby
VERB + SEAL
hunt
club

The ad criticized hunters for clubbing baby seals.

cull (esp. BrE)

Environmentalists claim there is no reason to cull seals.

SEAL + VERB
bask
SEAL + NOUN
pup
colony
cull (esp. BrE)
hunt
2 for a document
ADJECTIVE
wax

an official-looking letter with a wax seal

presidential (esp. AmE), privy (BrE), royal
VERB + SEAL
break

He broke the seal and opened the envelope.

PHRASES
a/the sb's seal of approval

Her report was given the seal of approval by senior management.

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verb
ADVERB
carefully, properly, tightly, well

The containers must be carefully sealed so that no air can get in.

completely

The unit is completely sealed.

virtually
effectively
hermetically

a hermetically sealed container

away, in, off, up

Police sealed off the area.

PREPOSITION
from

The nuclear plant would be effectively sealed off from the world.

with

He sealed the bag tightly with tape.

Seal is used with these nouns as the object: ↑border, ↑chamber, ↑crack, ↑deal, ↑edge, ↑envelope, ↑exit, ↑fate, ↑game, ↑gap, ↑jar, ↑joint, ↑letter, ↑meat, ↑opening, ↑victory

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  • Seal — Seal, n. [OE. seel, OF. seel, F. sceau, fr. L. sigillum a little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign, figure, or image. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sigil}.] 1. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Seal — Seal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sealing}.] [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See {Seal} a stamp.] 1. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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