Seal

English Meaning

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ.

1. A die or signet having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression on a receptive substance such as wax or lead.
2. The impression so made.
3. The design or emblem itself, belonging exclusively to the user: a monarch's seal.
4. A small disk or wafer of wax, lead, or paper bearing such an imprint and affixed to a document to prove authenticity or to secure it.
5. Something, such as a commercial hallmark, that authenticates, confirms, or attests.
6. A substance, especially an adhesive agent such as wax or putty, used to close or secure something or to prevent seepage of moisture or air.
7. A device that joins two systems or elements in such a way as to prevent leakage.
8. An airtight closure.
9. A closure, as on a package, used to prove that the contents have not been tampered with.
10. A small decorative paper sticker.
11. To affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy, legal weight, quality, or another standard.
12. To close with or as if with a seal.
13. To close hermetically.
14. To make fast or fill up, as with plaster or cement.
15. To apply a waterproof coating to: seal a blacktop driveway.
16. To grant, certify, or designate under seal or authority.
17. To establish or determine irrevocably: Our fate was sealed.
18. Mormon Church To make (a marriage, for example) binding for life; solemnize forever.
19. seal off To close tightly or surround with a barricade or cordon: An unused wing of the hospital was sealed off.
20. Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, found chiefly in the Northern Hemisphere and having a sleek, torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers.
21. The pelt or fur of one of these animals, especially a fur seal.
22. Leather made from the hide of one of these animals.
23. To hunt seals.