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hermetically sealing

hermetically sealing is the present participle and gerund of hermetically seal.

Meaning of hermetically seal

Verb

hermetically seal (third-person singular simple present hermetically seals, present participle hermetically sealing, simple past and past participle hermetically sealed)

  1. (transitive) To seal with an airtight seal.
    • They hermetically sealed the kettles to accelerate the cooking.
  2. (transitive) To isolate from external influences or prevent escape from.
    • We were hermetically sealing ourselves within the seemingly safe cocoon of groupthink.

Questions about hermetically sealing

What is hermetically sealing the present participle and gerund of?
Hermetically sealing is the present participle and gerund of hermetically seal.

Words near hermetically sealing in the dictionary

  1. hermetic seals
  2. hermetical
  3. hermetically
  4. hermetically seal
  5. hermetically sealed
  6. hermetically sealing
  7. hermetically seals
  8. hermeticism
  9. hermeticisms
  10. hermeticist
  11. hermeticists

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