English Online Dictionary. What means seal? What does seal mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sēl, IPA(key): /siːl/
- Rhymes: -iːl
- Homophones: SEAL, ceil, seel
Etymology 1
From Middle English sele, 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), 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).
Noun
seal (plural seals)
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:pinniped
Derived terms
Related terms
- vent
Descendants
- → Punjabi: ਸੀਲ (sīl)
- → Sotho: sili
- → Swahili: sili
Translations
Verb
seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
Translations
See also
- clapmatch
- dolphin
- sea lion
- selkie
- walrus
Further reading
- Pinniped on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English sele, from Anglo-Norman sëel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”).
Doublet of sigil and sigillum.
Noun
seal (plural seals)
- 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 design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- A chakra. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Scottish Gaelic: seula
Translations
Verb
seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- Synonyms: block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- Synonym: enclose
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- stamp
Further reading
- Seal (device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele (“harness; hame”)), perhaps from Old English sǣlan (“to bind”).
Verb
seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
Anagrams
- ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, Sale, Salé, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, sela
Estonian
Etymology 1
Superessive of see (“this, it”). Akin to Finnish siellä and Ingrian seel.
Adverb
seal (not comparable)
- there (indicating location: in or at that place)
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
seal
- adessive singular of siga (“pig”)
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sel, from Proto-Celtic *swelos (“turn”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃal̪ˠ/, /ˈʃalˠ/
Noun
seal m (genitive singular seala, nominative plural sealanna)
- turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)
- spell, span (period of time)
Declension
Mutation
References
Further reading
- “seal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 625
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian sāl, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul.
Noun
seal n (plural sealen, diminutive sealtsje)
- saddle
Further reading
- “seal (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian *sele, from Proto-West Germanic *sali.
Noun
seal c or n (plural sealen, diminutive sealtsje)
- hall
Further reading
- “seal (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011