seal: signification et définitions

A die or signet having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression on a receptive substance such as wax or lead.

The impression so made.

The design or emblem itself, belonging exclusively to the user: a monarch's seal.

A small disk or wafer of wax, lead, or paper bearing such an imprint and affixed to a document to prove authenticity or to secure it.

Something, such as a commercial hallmark, that authenticates, confirms, or attests.

A substance, especially an adhesive agent such as wax or putty, used to close or secure something or to prevent seepage of moisture or air.

A device that joins two systems or elements in such a way as to prevent leakage.

An airtight closure.

A closure, as on a package, used to prove that the contents have not been tampered with.

A small decorative paper sticker.

To affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy, legal weight, quality, or another standard.

To close with or as if with a seal.

To close hermetically.

To make fast or fill up, as with plaster or cement.

To apply a waterproof coating to: seal a blacktop driveway.

To grant, certify, or designate under seal or authority.

To establish or determine irrevocably: Our fate was sealed.

Mormon Church To make (a marriage, for example) binding for life; solemnize forever.

seal off To close tightly or surround with a barricade or cordon: An unused wing of the hospital was sealed off.

Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, found chiefly in the Northern Hemisphere and having a sleek, torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers.

The pelt or fur of one of these animals, especially a fur seal.

Leather made from the hide of one of these animals.

To hunt seals.