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{
"term": "seal",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "seal",
"heSheIt": "seals"
},
"pastSimple": "sealed",
"pastParticiple": "sealed",
"ingForm": "sealing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to close an envelope, etc. by sticking the edges of the opening together",
"sensetop": "seal something (up/down)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Make sure you've signed the document before sealing the envelope."
},
{
"text": "a **sealed bid** *(= one that is kept in a sealed and therefore remains secret until all other bids have been received)"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to close a container tightly or fill a small opening, etc., especially so that air, liquid, etc. cannot get in or out",
"sensetop": "seal something (with something)be sealed (up) (with something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He sealed the bag tightly with sticky tape.",
"contextForm": "seal something (with something)"
},
{
"text": "The windows and doors had been sealed up with bricks.",
"contextForm": "be sealed (up) (with something)"
},
{
"text": "The evidence is kept in sealed plastic bags."
},
{
"text": "The containers must be carefully sealed so that no air can get in."
},
{
"text": "The whole unit is sealed to prevent dust getting in."
},
{
"text": "The unit is completely sealed."
},
{
"text": "a hermetically sealed container"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "properly", "tightly"],
"preposition": ["from", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something definite, so that it cannot be changed or argued about",
"sensetop": "seal something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to seal a contract"
},
{
"text": "They shook hands to seal the deal."
},
{
"text": "The discovery of new evidence **sealed his fate** *(= nothing could prevent what was going to happen to him)*."
},
{
"text": "She sealed victory with a birdie at the final hole."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to cover the surface of something with a substance in order to protect it",
"sensetop": "seal something (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The floors had been stripped and sealed with varnish."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to prevent people from passing through a place",
"sensetop": "seal something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Troops have sealed the borders between the countries."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "properly", "tightly"],
"preposition": ["from", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you will not repeat somebody’s secret to other people",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "definite, because all the legal documents have been signed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The contracts are already signed and sealed."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/siːl/",
"audio": "se/seal/seal__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːlz/",
"audio": "se/seal/seals__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːld/",
"audio": "se/seal/sealed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːlɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/seal/sealing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/siːl/",
"audio": "se/seal/seal__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːlz/",
"audio": "se/seal/seals__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːld/",
"audio": "se/seal/sealed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːlɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/seal/sealing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Middle English (in senses (2), (5) and (6)): from Old French seel (noun), seeler (verb), from Latin sigillum ‘small picture’, diminutive of signum ‘a sign’."
}