seal

[siːl]

Definition:
1. To close an envelope, etc. by sticking the edges of the opening together.
2. Close with or as if with a seal.
3. Make tight; secure against leakage.
4. Decide irrevocably.

Use 'seal' in a sentence:

1. Troops have sealed the borders between the countries.
2. When assembling the pie, wet the edges where the two crusts join, to form a seal.
3. Is it a seal?
4. There's only one seal left!
5. The organs are kept in sealed plastic bags.
6. Where is the seventh seal?
7. Such a visit may set the seal on a new relationship between the two governments.
8. When it is printed out, we should sign and seal.
9. The floors had been stripped and sealed with varnish.
10. There appears to be another outbreak of sickness among seals in the North Sea.
11. His artistic character was sealed by his experiences of the First World War.
12. The seal's flipper is homologous with the human arm.
13. A heavily armed guard of police have sealed off the city centre.
14. Write your letter and seal it in a blank envelope.
15. Freezing rain can seal off your car and lock you inside.
16. In the Arctic, we can see ice and seal.
17. The seal can't fly.
18. The culling of seal cubs has led to an outcry from environmental groups.
19. Senior management have given their seal of approval to the plans.
20. He's playing with the seal.
21. Herewith we are sending you a written contract under seal in two copies.
22. There is too a letter to me; a crumpled letter and the seal broken.
23. Do you think I ought to seal the boxes up?
24. Is it important for us to get control of that border and seal it?
25. The city should seal off those tunnels.
26. The seal on the box broke when it fell from its hiding-place.
27. The seal can swim.
28. Shall I break the seal?
29. What's the fifth seal?
30. The seal lives in the sea.
31. Ministers have put their seal of approval on the proposal.
32. Once you've broken the seal of a bottle there's no way you can put it back together again.
33. He swims like a seal.
34. Can this seal be broken?
35. The paper was used for sealing up holes in walls and roofs.
36. A General Election will be held which will seal his destiny one way or the other.
37. She told us to glue and seal the back of envelopes.
38. Seal tightly then leave for four to five days to macerate.
39. Two thousand grey seal pups are born there every autumn.
40. The dark head of a seal bobbed up a few yards away.
41. Only drink bottled water and check the seal isn't broken.
42. He broke the wax seal and unrolled the paper.
43. They drank a glass of wine to seal their new friendship.
44. An oil seal was replaced, along with both front wheel bearings.
45. The floor is sealed to prevent water penetration.
46. I looked upon the gift as a seal on our friendship.
47. The leak was eventually traced to a broken seal.
48. Make sure you've signed the cheque before sealing the envelope.
49. Make sure that your tiles are thoroughly grouted and sealed.
50. Her election to the premiership set the seal on a remarkable political career.
51. The best wines are entitled to a numbered seal of quality.
52. The body was sealed in a lead coffin.
53. The letter bore the president's seal.