Seal

What “Seal” means

Noun

1. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

Verb

1. To hunt seals.

Noun

1. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
2. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
3. A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
4. Anything that secures or authenticates.
5. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.

Verb

1. 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. To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
4. To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
5. To close securely to prevent leakage.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English sel, 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, Icelandic selur), 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).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal Inherited from Middle English sel, sele, from Anglo-Norman seel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”). Doublet of sigil and sigillum.

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Industries where “Seal” fits

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• Notary Service
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