seal

A seal on a diploma

Meanings

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
Anything that secures or authenticates.
Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
A tight closure, secure against leakage.
A chakra.

To hunt seals.
To place a seal on (a document).
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
To close securely to prevent leakage.
To place in a sealed container.
To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
To guarantee.
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
To close by means of a seal.
To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
To form a sacred commitment.
To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.

Image:Hydrurga leptonyx.JPG|thumb|A leopard seal.
From Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (compare dialectal English sullow) or from early Proto-Finnic (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).
From Middle English sele, from Anglo-Norman sëel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum
sigil, and sigillum.
From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele), perhaps from Old English sǣlan.

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