Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of shut up (“to put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container”).

More definitions
  • close with or as if with a tight seal

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom had a sealed envelope in his right hand.

  2. There was a seal in the water and another on the shore.

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  3. Have you ever seen seals in uniform wielding guns?

    deHast du schon einmal bewaffnete und uniformierte Robben gesehen? — Waldelfe

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  4. Tom always sealed his food in glass containers, not plastic.

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  5. Mating season for seals typically occurs in the winter months.

Forms

seals in, sealing in, sealed in, sealed in
Base formseal in · to seal in
3rd person singularseals in
Present participlesealing in
Past simplesealed in
Past participlesealed in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyseal in
he, she, itseals in

Past simpleLesson

all personssealed in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sealed in
he, she, ithas sealed in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill seal in

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • close with or as if with a tight seal:lock in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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