seal

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

seals

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

seal

past (v2)

sealed

past participle (v3)

sealed

present participle

sealing

3rd person singular

seals

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.

2. 2.A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.

   • The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
   • So the matter rested until the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Company was incorporated on August 8, 1877, appropriately displaying a bunch of hops on its seal, for these had become the principal cash crop in the area.

3. 3.A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

   • The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.

4. 4.An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.

2. 2.To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.

   • The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.

3. 3.To hunt seals.

   • They're organizing a protest against sealing.

4. 4.To place a seal on (a document).

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