seal
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
Noun 4 meanings
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
“The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.”
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
“The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.”
Verb 4 meanings
To hunt seals.
“They're organizing a protest against sealing.”
To place a seal on (a document).
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
“to seal weights and measures”
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.”
Etymology
From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).
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SEAL at a glance
SEAL has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,249 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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