seal'd

Adjective

sealed (not comparable)

1. Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
   • Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to...2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18
2. Preventing entrance.

   Synonyms:

   impermeable

3. Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
4. (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.

Verb (1)

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

1. (intransitive) To hunt seals.
   • They're organizing a protest against sealing.

Verb (2)

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

1. (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
   • to seal weights and measures
3. (transitive) 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.
4. (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
   • The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.

   Synonyms:

   block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off

5. (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
   • I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.

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