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sealing en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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 English -ing English sealing From seal (“device”) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Used for closing securely.

Deriveds

sealing apparatus · sealing smut · sealing cell · sealing money · self-sealing · sealing compound · sealing-thread · sealing material · sealing bath · sealing strip · sealing-water · sealing wax · sealing bloom · sealing-wax · sealing power

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sealing en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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 English -ing English sealing From seal (“device”) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Action of the verb to seal in any sense.

Forms

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Deriveds

seam sealing · antisealing

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sealing en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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 English -ing English sealing From seal (“device”) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of seal
    form of seal

wikipedia: sealing

sealing en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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 English -ing English sealing From seal (“mammal”) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Hunting of seals (the animals).

Deriveds

sealing-voyage

Translations (4)

mk фоколов (hunting of seals) · de Robbenjagd (hunting of seals) · fi hylkeenpyynti (hunting of seals) · ga sealgaireacht rónta (hunting of seals)

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sealing en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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 English -ing English sealing From seal (“mammal”) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of seal
    form of seal

wikipedia: sealing