seal

seal
1 noun (C)
1 ANIMAL a large sea animal that eats fish and lives around coasts or on floating pieces of ice
2 OFFICIAL MARK a mark that has a special design and shows the legal or official authority of a person or organization: a black book stamped with the Presidential Seal
3 ON CONTAINERS/PIPES
a) a piece of rubber or plastic that keeps air, water, dirt etc out of something: Do not use this product if the inner seal is broken.
b) a piece of wax 1 (1), paper, wire etc that you have to break in order to open something
4 seal of approval if you give something your seal of approval, you say that you approve of it, especially officially: All we need now is the chairman's seal of approval.
5 set the seal on to make something definite or complete: A last-minute goal set the seal on Tottenham's victory.
6 seal of friendship/success/victory etc something that makes your friendship stronger, your success more certain etc
2 verb
1 also seal up (T) to close an entrance or a container with something that stops air, water etc from coming in or out of it: The windows have been sealed up for years.
2 (T) to close an envelope, pack etc by using something sticky to hold its edges in place: Don't seal the envelope yet.
3 my lips are sealed spoken used to say that you are not going to tell someone something
4 seal sb's fate to make something, especially something bad, sure to happen: He was about to say the words that would seal my fate for ever.
5 seal a friendship/promise/agreement etc to do something that makes a friendship, promise etc more formal or definite
seal sth in phrasal verb (T) to stop what something contains from getting out: Fry the meat quickly to seal in the flavor. seal sth off phrasal verb (T) to stop people entering an area or building, because it is dangerous: Following a bomb warning, police have sealed off the whole area.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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