seal

1
[ seel ]
/ sil /

noun

verb (used with object)

Verb Phrases

seal off,
  1. to close hermetically: to seal off a jar.
  2. to block (an entrance, area, etc.) completely so as to prevent escape or entrance: The police sealed off the area after the bomb threat was received.

Idioms for seal

    set one's seal to, to give one's approval to; authorize; endorse: Both families have set their seal to the marriage.

Origin of seal

1
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English seel, seil(e), seale mark on a document, token < Old French seel (French sceau) < Late Latin *sigellum, Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum sign; replacing Middle English seil, Old English ( in)segel seal < Late Latin, as above; (v.) sealen, seilen < Old French seeler, seieler, derivative of seel

OTHER WORDS FROM seal

seal·a·ble, adjective re·seal·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH seal

ceiling sealing

Definition for seal (2 of 4)

seal 2
[ seel ]
/ sil /

noun, plural seals, (especially collectively for 1) seal.

verb (used without object)

to hunt, kill, or capture seals.

Origin of seal

2
before 900; Middle English sele, Old English seolh; cognate with Old Norse selr

OTHER WORDS FROM seal

seal·like, adjective

Definition for seal (3 of 4)

seal 3
[ seel ]
/ sil /

verb (used with object) Falconry.

Definition for seal (4 of 4)

SEAL
[ seel ]
/ sil /

noun

a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.

Origin of SEAL

se(a) a(ir) l(and) (team)

Example sentences from the Web for seal

British Dictionary definitions for seal (1 of 2)

seal 1
/ (siːl) /

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of seal

sealable, adjective

Word Origin for seal

C13 seel, from Old French, from Latin sigillum little figure, from signum a sign

British Dictionary definitions for seal (2 of 2)

seal 2
/ (siːl) /

noun

any pinniped mammal of the families Otariidae (eared seals) and Phocidae (earless seals) that are aquatic but come on shore to breed See eared seal, earless seal Related adjectives: otarid, phocine
any earless seal (family Phocidae), esp the common or harbour seal or the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
sealskin

verb

(intr) to hunt for seals

Derived forms of seal

seal-like, adjective

Word Origin for seal

Old English seolh; related to Old Norse selr, Old High German selah, Old Irish selige tortoise

Scientific definitions for seal

seal
[ sēl ]

Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, having a sleek, torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers. Seals live chiefly in the Northern Hemisphere and, like walruses, are pinnipeds.

Idioms and Phrases with seal

seal