Sealed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seal \Seal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sealed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sealing}.] [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller,
     LL. sigillare. See {Seal} a stamp.]
     1. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to
        confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
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              And with my hand I seal my true heart's love.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. 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.
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     3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer,
        wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a
        letter.
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     4. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep
        secure or secret.
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              Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum".
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement,
        plaster, or the like. --Gwilt.
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     6. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with
        water. See 2d {Seal}, 5.
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     7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or
        additional wife. [Utah, U.S.]
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              If a man once married desires a second helpmate . .
              . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of
              the church.                           --H.
                                                    Stansbury.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sealed
       adj 1: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: {certain}]
              [ant: {unsealed}]
       2: closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are
          sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are
          sealed" [ant: {unsealed}]
       3: undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed
          move in chess"
       4: determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"
       5: having been paved
       6: covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway"
       7: (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster [syn: {plastered}]
       8: closed so tightly as to be airtight or watertight

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "sealed":
     able, accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, agreed, airtight,
     allowed, approved, arranged, auricular, authenticated, avowed,
     between us, certified, close, compact, compacted, conceded,
     confessed, confidential, confirmed, contracted, countersigned,
     covenanted, dustproof, dusttight, endorsed, engaged, enigmatic,
     esoteric, fast, firm, gasproof, gastight, granted, hermetic,
     hermetically sealed, in petto, incalculable, incognizable, inside,
     lightproof, lighttight, mysterious, not for publication, notarized,
     off the record, oilproof, oiltight, privileged, professed,
     promised, puzzling, rainproof, raintight, ratified, received,
     recognized, settled, shut fast, signed, smokeproof, smoketight,
     snug, stamped, staunch, stipulated, stormproof, stormtight,
     strange, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, tight, unapparent,
     unapprehended, unascertained, unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified,
     under privilege, undertaken, underwritten, undisclosed,
     undiscoverable, undiscovered, undivulged, unexplained, unexplored,
     unexposed, unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of,
     unidentified, uninvestigated, unknowable, unknown, unperceived,
     unplumbed, unpublishable, unrevealed, unsuspected, untouched,
     validated, virgin, warranted, water-repellant, waterproof,
     watertight, windproof, windtight