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).
Meanings
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
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.
Meanings
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
She [Nature] carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby
Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die. 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 11”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
So the matter rested until the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Company was incorporated on August 8, 1877, appropriately displaying a bunch of hops on its seal, for these had become the principal cash crop in the area. 1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170:
The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
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.
Seals were placed on the papal apartment on the third floor of the Apostolic Palace and on the apartment on the second floor of the Casa Santa Marta, where Pope Francis lived. 2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News:
The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
(figuratively) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.
ota مهر (impression of such stamp) · gl cuño (impression of such stamp) · vec boło (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · bg затво́р (tight closure) · el βούλα (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vec boło (tight closure) · es sellador (tight closure) · mnc ᡩᠣᡵᠣᠨ (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · is innsigli (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · el σφραγίδα (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · pl pieczęć (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · uz muhr (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi tunnus (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · es junta (something designed to prevent leaking) · sk pečať (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · id segel (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · hu tömítés (something designed to prevent leaking) · pt selo de segurança (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · tt мөһер (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ky мөөр (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · tg мӯҳр (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · hy կնիք (impression of such stamp) · nl sluiting (tight closure) · bg печа́т (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · de Stempel (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · bg клеймо́ (impression of such stamp) · it timbro (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · hu zárjegy (anything that secures or authenticates) · es sello (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · es sello (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · hu adójegy (anything that secures or authenticates) · nn segl (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · la sigillum (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · sv sigill (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ja 印章 (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · es precinto (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · grc σφραγίς (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · la sigillum (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ja 封印 (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · sl pečat (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · pl uszczelnienie (tight closure) · oc sagèl (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · it bollo (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · gd seula (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ota مهر (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · gl precinto (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · uk клеймо́ (impression of such stamp) · ja 封 (tight closure) · az möhür (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ru печа́ть (impression of such stamp) · it sigillo (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · sk pečiatka (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · my တံဆိပ်တုံး (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · he ציפוי מסתם (something designed to prevent leaking) · hu biztonsági fólia (anything that secures or authenticates) · hu pecsét (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · uk печа́ть (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · cmn 印章 (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ru са́льник (something designed to prevent leaking) · pt selo (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fr cachet (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · gl cruño (impression of such stamp) · pt vedação (something designed to prevent leaking) · gld дорон (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · bho मोहर (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · nl zegel (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · lv zīmogs (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · cmn 印章 (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ru печа́ть (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · hu szigetelés (something designed to prevent leaking) · de Dichtung (something designed to prevent leaking) · pt timbre (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · uk пло́мба (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · tg муҳр (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · uk печа́тка (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · pdt Säajel (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · oc sagèl (confirmation) · ru печа́ть (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · fr sceau (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ro sigiliu (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · bg пло́мба (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · hu plomba (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · el στεγανοποίηση (tight closure) · is innsigli (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · be пяча́тка (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · hi छाप (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · id tutup (something designed to prevent leaking) · pl plomba (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · mi hīra (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · fi sinetti (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ja 封緘 (tight closure) · pt sinete (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · nb forsegling (something designed to prevent leaking) · th ลัญจกร (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · id lambang (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · sv sigill (tight closure) · fa-ira مُهْر (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · oc sagèl (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · de Siegel (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · vec boło (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · hi छापा (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · bg печа́т (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · vi cái bịt (something designed to prevent leaking) · nl zegel (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · ota مهر (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ja 封印 (tight closure) · el σφράγισμα (tight closure) · el σφραγίδα (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · tsg sap (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · oc sagèl (impression of such stamp) · cmn 圖章 /图章 (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · uk печа́тка (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · nl zegel (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · pl plomba (anything that secures or authenticates) · ota خاتم (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ru клеймо́ (impression of such stamp) · oc sagèl (anything that secures or authenticates) · mk печат (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vi triện (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi tiiviste (something designed to prevent leaking) · ca segell (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · et pitsat (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi sinetti (impression of such stamp) · be кляймо́ (impression of such stamp) · ja 印章 (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · sl pečat (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · es cierre (something designed to prevent leaking) · ur مُہَر (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · bg изола́ция (something designed to prevent leaking) · fa-ira مُهْر (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ro sigiliu (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ko 도장 (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ru печа́ть (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fur sugel (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · fi leimasin (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · tk möhür (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · pl pieczątka (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vec tinbro (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ms cap (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · el σφραγίδα (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vi ấn (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ug مۆھۈر (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · nb segl (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · es signáculo (impression of such stamp) · de Petschaft (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · be пяча́тка (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · cs pečeť (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · eo sigelo (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · izh pätsetti (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · sh pèčat (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · pl banderola (anything that secures or authenticates) · uk печа́ть (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · hy կնիք (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · he אטימה (something designed to prevent leaking) · ka ბეჭედი (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ca segell (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · cs pečeť (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · mn тамга (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ota خاتم (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ps مهر (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi tiiviys (tight closure) · bg обтура́тор (tight closure) · fi leima (anything that secures or authenticates) · sh пѐчат (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ast sellu (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · sk tesnenie (something designed to prevent leaking) · ko 인장 (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ug پېچەت (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · vec boło (anything that secures or authenticates) · ar خَتْم (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ja 璽 (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · nb segl (tight closure) · he אטם (something designed to prevent leaking) · hu pecsétnyomó (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi hyväksyntä (confirmation) · es empaque (something designed to prevent leaking) · sv sigill (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · de Siegel (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · is innsigli (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · de Siegel (tight closure) · hu pecsét (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · be пяча́ць (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vec guarnision (something designed to prevent leaking) · gl selo (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · sh pèčat (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · av мугьру (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · pt vedação (tight closure) · sv sigill (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · kk мөр (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi sinetti (anything that secures or authenticates) · it sigillo (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · fi sinetti (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · ru уплотне́ние (tight closure) · pl pieczęć (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · pdt Säajel (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · es empaquetadura (something designed to prevent leaking) · it sigillo (tight closure) · hy կնիք (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · ro pecete (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · es sello (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ru прокла́дка (something designed to prevent leaking) · el σφράγισμα (something designed to prevent leaking) · grc σφραγίς (impression of such stamp) · lt antspaudas (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · hu védőfólia (anything that secures or authenticates) · ja 判 (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · pl banderola (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · oc sagèl (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi vaakuna (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · is innsigli (impression of such stamp) · da segl (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · it guarnizione (something designed to prevent leaking) · sk pečať (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · id segel (tight closure) · hu biztosíték (anything that secures or authenticates) · gl selo (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ky печать (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fi leima (impression of such stamp) · kmr mor (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vi ấn chương (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · vec boło (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ug پېچەت (impression of such stamp) · hi मुद्रा (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · tr mühür (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · et tihend (tight closure) · es sello (tight closure) · ota خاتم (impression of such stamp) · nb segl (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · fr sceau (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · sq vulë (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · it timbro (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ru герметиза́ция (tight closure) · bg уплътня́ване (something designed to prevent leaking) · sh пѐчат (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · de Siegel (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · es zapatilla (something designed to prevent leaking) · ar خَتْم (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · vi con dấu (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · be пло́мба (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · hi मोहर (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · gl selo (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · fr joint (tight closure) · ja はんこ (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · eo sigelo (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · et pitser (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · ru пло́мба (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · cs pečeť (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · nl verzegeling (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) · nn segl (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · sl pečat (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · he חוֹתָם (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) · de Dichtung (tight closure) · ru уплотни́тель (something designed to prevent leaking) · pt selo (facsimile of an impression of such stamp) · pl uszczelka (something designed to prevent leaking) · be пяча́ць (facsimile of an impression of such stamp)
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
to seal weights and measures
to seal silverware
(transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
(transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
(transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum". 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.
(transitive) To place in a sealed container.
I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
(transitive) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
(transitive) To guarantee.
seal a job or a contract
England's first-half display contained much to admire but it was a sign of their wastefulness in front of goal that it took the injury-time intervention from Kane to seal victory. 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:
seal one's destiny
seal someone's fate
The last-minute goal sealed United’s win.
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
The blowing device consists of a glass vessel with a hollow perforated cylinder sealed to its base, and two side tubes sealed at opposite ends of the vessel. 1974, Egyptian Journal of Physics - Volumes 5-6, page 2:
After testing is concluded and it has been determined that the drilled well is to be completed as a producing or fluid-injection well, or that operations are to be suspended, the final string of casing is placed in the well and sealed to the penetrated formation with cement. 1971, Environmental Conservation, the Oil and Gas Industries, page 127:
Sealed to this wall by their rims were cazuelas ( earthenware bowls). 1898, The American Archaeologist, page 267:
The PVC was then sealed to the plastered foundation with a 3-inch-wide band of PVC-to-concrete adhesive applied above the Thiokol. 1974, Ruins Stabilization in the Southwestern United States, page 40:
To close by means of a seal.
to seal a drainpipe with water
When the silicone rubber has set the plaster pieces are replaced, followed by the lid, which is sealed to the mother-mould with plaster and bandage as previously described. 2008, Sandra Davison, R.G. Newton, Conservation and Restoration of Glass, page 301:
(Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
Next, I was sealed to my fourteenth wife, Emeline Vaughn. In 1851, I was sealed to my fifteenth wife, Mary Lear Groves. In 1856, I was sealed to my sixteenth wife, Mary Ann Williams. 2001, Richard W. Slatta, The Mythical West, page 197:
In temples of God, families are eternally sealed through this power. Couples who enter into the Covenant of Eternal Marriage are sealed together, meaning that their union on earth is also valid in the heavens, rather than ending at death. Children who are subsequently born to them or later sealed to them are theirs for eternity… In addition, temple sealings are performed by proxy for the dead, with spouses sealed to each other and children sealed to parents. 2010, Christopher Kimball Bigelow, Jonathan Langford, The Latter-day Saint Family Encyclopedia, page 306:
She can be sealed to this other man and still remain with her first husband; and the Mormons believe that all her children will belong to the man to whom she is sealed. 1870, Aaron Harrison Cragin, Execution of Laws in Utah, page 9:
If a man once married desires a second helpmate […] she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church. 1852, Howard Stansbury, An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah:
To form a sacred commitment.
Thus these representatives of humanity are first sealed to help with the final work of salvation. 2015, Uchenna Mezue, Hidden In Plain Sight: A Study of the Revelation to John:
Let us all strive to get ourselves sealed to redemption, seeing God doth seal those whom he will deliver in that great day; if we be not in this number, we shall not escape damnation. 1866, Paul Baynes, An Entire Commentary Upon the Whole Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians, page 81:
What was that office, or work, to which his Father sealed him? I answer, more generally, he was sealed to the whole work of mediation for us, thereby to recover and save all the elect, whom the Father had given him: 1836, John Flavel, The Fountain of Life Opened; Or, A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory. 1671, page 44:
Perfectly so, I tell thee, of the sealed people who have come in through unbelief, pretending themselves to be children of the kingdom, that they are sealed to be heirs of the promise, but have come in as thieves and robbers. 1861, Joanna Southcott, Lavinia Elizabeth C. Jones, The scriptures of the holy Trinity, page 88:
(transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
Seal the meat and continue frying until nicely browned. 1993, Daran Little, Life and Times at the Rovers Return, page 113:
es encerrar (to place in a sealed container) · hu szigetel (to close securely) · pt selar (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · oc sagelar (to place a seal on (a document)) · es aislar (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · hu hitelesít (to place a seal on (a document)) · el σφραγίζω (to place a seal on (a document)) · hu biztos arat (győzelmet) (to guarantee) · fi sinetöidä (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · es lacrar (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · de versiegeln (to place a seal on (a document)) · hu lezár (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · sl zatesniti (to close securely) · it chiudere (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · ast sellar (to place a seal on (a document)) · hu lepecsétel (to place a seal on (a document)) · es hermetizar (to close securely) · it interdire (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · hu elzár (to close securely) · sl zapečatiti (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · fi sinetöidä (to place a seal on (a document)) · pt vedar (to close securely) · it sigillare (to place a seal on (a document)) · sk opečatiť (to place a seal on (a document)) · ru запеча́тывать (to place a seal on (a document)) · fi sulkea (to place in a sealed container) · hu tömít (to close securely) · bg подпечатвам (to place a seal on (a document)) · es sellar (to place a seal on (a document)) · ro sigila (to place a seal on (a document)) · it chiudere ermeticamente (to close securely) · hu leszigetel (to close securely) · cmn 密封 (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hu megpecsétel (to guarantee) · ru запеча́тывать (to close securely) · nl verzegelen (to place in a sealed container) · mk запечатува (to place a seal on (a document)) · bg пломбирам (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · fi tiivistää (to close securely) · pl banderolować (to mark with a stamp) · sl zapečatiti (to place a seal on (a document)) · es aislar (to place in a sealed container) · fi sinetöidä (chess: to place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope) · hu szentesít (to guarantee) · ca segellar (to place a seal on (a document)) · es cerrar (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · ru закрыва́ть (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · pl banderolować (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hu lebélyegez (to mark with a stamp) · ee xe (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · grc σφραγίζω (to place a seal on (a document)) · bg запечатвам (to close securely) · it recintare (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · es confinar (to place in a sealed container) · fi sinetöidä (to guarantee) · hu határzárat rendel el (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · sk zapečatiť (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hu leplombál (to close securely) · pl zaplombować (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hu lezár (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · de versiegeln (to close securely) · fr cacheter (to close securely) · hu bezár (to close securely) · fi leimata (to mark with a stamp) · hu leplombál (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hy կնքել (to place a seal on (a document)) · it piombare (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hy կնքել (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · fi sulkea (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · hu beragaszt (to close securely) · hu véglegesít (to guarantee) · hu vízhatlanná tesz (to close securely) · pl banderolować (to place a seal on (a document)) · it sigillare (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · nl verzegelen (to place a seal on (a document)) · fr sceller (to place a seal on (a document)) · pl przypieczętować (to place a seal on (a document)) · es precintar (to close securely) · tl tatakan (to place a seal on (a document)) · ru запеча́тывать (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · hu lezár (to close securely) · is innsigla (to place a seal on (a document)) · es sellar (to close securely) · it sancire (to guarantee) · es sellar (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · it isolare (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · de dichten (to close securely) · gl selar (to place a seal on (a document)) · fi sinetöidä (to place in a sealed container) · it suggellare (to guarantee) · bg запечатвам (to place in a sealed container) · is innsigla (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · sk pečatiť (to place a seal on (a document)) · es acordonar (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · ee xe (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · ru запеча́тывать (to place in a sealed container) · pt interditar (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · nl verzegelen (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) · sk uzavrieť (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · de abdichten (to close securely) · mi hīra (to place a seal on (a document)) · pt selar (to place a seal on (a document)) · hu lezár (to guarantee) · sk spečatiť (to guarantee) · cmn 封锁 (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) · oc sagelar (to mark with a stamp)