Sealed
[siːld] or [sild]
Definition
(adj.) covered with a waterproof coating; 'a sealed driveway' .
(adj.) having been paved .
(adj.) determined irrevocably; 'his fate is sealed' .
(adj.) closed or secured with or as if with a seal; 'my lips are sealed'; 'the package is still sealed'; 'the premises are sealed' .
(adj.) established irrevocably; 'his fate is sealed' .
(adj.) undisclosed for the time being; 'sealed orders'; 'a sealed move in chess' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Seal
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Examples
- Books with their wealth of entertainment and information would be sealed to a large part of mankind, if glasses did not assist weak eyes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She knew them, they were finished, sealed and stamped and finished with, for her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was willing to be sealed thus in the underworld, like a soul damned but living forever in damnation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Reliant on Night, confiding in Solitude, I kept my tears sealed, my sobs chained, no longer; they heaved my heart; they tore their way. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit's fate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But as he sat gloating over me, I was supported by a scornful detestation of him that sealed my lips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Then he sealed it and addressed it to Captain James Calhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' Savannah, Georgia. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The interest he took in the matter now, induced him to open the sealed instructions which had been deposited with the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He's never content unless he gets my yellow-sealed wine, which costs me ten shillings a bottle, hang him! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He came back with a sealed envelope. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And then compare the name of the guilty person, with the name that I have written in that sealed letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The one, in a parcel, wrapped up in fine paper and sealed with the Devonshire arMs. A parcel, madam! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They retraced their steps to the burial-ground, and by that act sealed the future of our three lives. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It's wrote on gilt-edged paper,' said Sam, as he unfolded it, 'and sealed in bronze vax vith the top of a door key. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When those packets were sealed up, Jonas Oldacre got McFarlane to secure one of the seals by putting his thumb upon the soft wax. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Synoptical Tabulation for the use of Mrs. Casaubon, she carefully enclosed and sealed, writing within the envelope, I could not use it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was sealed up, and directed ready for my servant when he called for it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You have sealed the warrant for her doom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- These dank walls had known the man whose dolorous story is a sealed book forever! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Talbot's patent was sealed on the 8th of February, 1841. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It's sealed vith a vafer, and directed in round hand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I do not know what a sealed book is, because I never saw one, but a sealed book is the expression to use in this connection, because it is popular. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The very seal that sealed it had been robbed from George's dead body as it lay on the field of battle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Open the sealed letter first--the letter I gave you this morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You have sealed his death warrant, my princess--Sab Than dies. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And now that it is written and sealed up, allow me to ask one or two last questions about the unhappy woman to whom it refers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Though clear of mind and fairly strong of limb, I knew that my own fate was sealed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Finally I heard a click, the broad green door swung open, and inside I had a glimpse of a number of paper packets, each tied, sealed, and inscribed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On this his lips are sealed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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