Past tense of seal
regular verb
The past tense of seal is sealed. The past participle is also sealed.
Forms of seal
| Base form (V1) | seal /siːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sealed /siːld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sealed /siːld/ |
| Present participle | sealing /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | seals /siːlz/ |
Sealed in a sentence
- The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
- The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
- He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package.From the entry reel
- You can certainly trust me to keep my lips sealed about the matter.From the entry keep one's lips sealed
- Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.From the entry hermetically seal
Meaning of seal
- noun A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- verb To hunt seals.
- noun A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
Questions about the past tense of seal
- What is the past tense of seal?
- The past tense of seal is sealed.
- What is the past participle of seal?
- The past participle of seal is sealed.
- Is seal a regular or irregular verb?
- Seal is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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