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All 4 letters words made out of seal

seal esal sael asel easl aesl sela esla slea lsea elsa lesa sale asle slae lsae alse lase eals aels elas leas ales laes

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Definitions and meaning of seal

seal

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)

2. 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)

1. (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)

2. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
3. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
4. A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
5. Anything that secures or authenticates.
6. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.

7. (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.

8. Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.

9. A tight closure, secure against leakage.

10. A chakra. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

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Descendants

• → Scottish Gaelic: seula

Translations

Verb

seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)

1. (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.

3. (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.

4. (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).

   Synonyms: block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off

5. (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
6. (transitive) To place in a sealed container.

   Synonym: enclose

7. (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.

8. (transitive) To guarantee.
9. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
10. To close by means of a seal.
11. (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
12. (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
13. (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)

1. (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)

1. there (indicating location: in or at that place)

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

seal

1. 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): /ˈʃalˠ/

Noun

seal m (genitive singular seala, nominative plural sealanna)

1. a turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “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)

1. 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)

1. hall

Further reading

• “seal (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org