seal

seal is a 4-letter English word with 29 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 29 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
2. noun. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.
3. noun. Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
4. noun. That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
5. noun. That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.
6. noun. An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.
7. transitive verb. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
8. transitive verb. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
9. transitive verb. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
10. transitive verb. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
11. transitive verb. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.
12. transitive verb. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
13. transitive verb. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
14. intransitive verb. To affix one's seal, or a seal.
15. noun. any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
16. noun. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

    Synonyms: stamp

17. noun. fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
18. noun. a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
19. noun. fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
20. noun. an indication of approved or superior status

    Synonyms: cachet

21. noun. a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)

    "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal"

22. noun. a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare

    "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land"

23. noun. the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

    "a coat of seal"

    Synonyms: sealskin

24. verb. decide irrevocably

    "sealing dooms"

25. verb. hunt seals
26. verb. cover with varnish

    Synonyms: varnish

27. verb. close with or as if with a seal

    "She sealed the letter with hot wax"

28. verb. make tight; secure against leakage

    "seal the windows"

29. verb. affix a seal to

    "seal the letter"

Synonyms

stamp, cachet, sealskin, varnish

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in seal:

ales, lase, leas, sale, slae

Common word forms

seals, sealed, sealer, sealing, sealable, sealless

Words from these letters

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