name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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name
A village in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.
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noun
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
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Synonyms: sea puppy, pinniped
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Broader terms: pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
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noun
An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
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noun
A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
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noun
Anything that secures or authenticates.
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noun
Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
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noun
Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
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noun
A tight closure, secure against leakage.
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noun
A chakra.
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noun
Ellipsis of Navy SEAL (“member of the Sea, Air, Land unit”).
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To hunt seals.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To place a seal on (a document).
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
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verb
To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
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Usage: transitive
Synonyms: block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off
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verb
To close securely to prevent leakage.
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verb
To place in a sealed container.
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Usage: transitive
Synonyms: enclose
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verb
To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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verb
To guarantee.
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verb
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
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verb
To close by means of a seal.
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verb
To bind eternally as family members.
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Usage: Mormonism
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verb
To form a sacred commitment.
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Topics: Christianity
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verb
To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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verb
To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
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Usage: dialectal
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noun
any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
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Broader terms: pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped
Narrower terms: crabeater seal, crab-eating seal, eared seal, earless seal, true seal, hair seal
noun
a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
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Synonyms: stamp
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Broader terms: device
Narrower terms: bulla, cachet, great seal, handstamp, rubber stamp, signet
noun
fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
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Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
Narrower terms: break seal, gasket, piston ring, washer
noun
a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
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Broader terms: coating, coat
Narrower terms: undercoat, underseal
noun
fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
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Synonyms: sealing wax
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Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
noun
an indication of approved or superior status
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Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval
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Broader terms: award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels
noun
a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
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Broader terms: stamp, impression
noun
a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare
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Synonyms: Navy SEAL
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Broader terms: bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy
noun
the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
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Synonyms: sealskin
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Broader terms: fur, pelt
verb
decide irrevocably
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Broader terms: decide, make up one's mind, determine
verb
hunt seals
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Broader terms: hunt, run, hunt down, track down
verb
cover with varnish
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Synonyms: varnish
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Broader terms: coat, surface
Narrower terms: shellac, shellack
verb
close with or as if with a seal
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Antonyms: unseal
Broader terms: close, fill up
verb
make tight; secure against leakage
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Synonyms: seal off
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Broader terms: close, shut
Narrower terms: reseal, waterproof, caulk, calk, pack
verb
affix a seal to
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Broader terms: affix, stick on
History
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale. * As an occupational English surname, related to seal. * As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”). * As an English nickname-derived surname, from seal (the animal). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant or semantic loan of Siegel.
From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal Inherited from Middle English sel, sele, from Anglo-Norman seel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”). Doublet of sigil and sigillum.
From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele (“harness; hame”)), perhaps from Old English sǣlan (“to bind”).
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