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SEAL OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seal off mean?
• SEAL OFF (verb)
The verb SEAL OFF has 2 senses:
1. make tight; secure against leakage
Familiarity information: SEAL OFF used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make tight; secure against leakage
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
seal; seal off
Context example:
seal the windows
Hypernyms (to "seal off" is one way to...):
close; shut (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)
Verb group:
seal (close with or as if with a seal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seal off"):
reseal (seal again)
waterproof (make watertight)
calk; caulk (seal with caulking)
pack (seal with packing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They want to seal off the doors
Sense 2
Meaning:
Impose a blockade on
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
blockade; seal off
Hypernyms (to "seal off" is one way to...):
beleaguer; besiege; circumvent; hem in; surround (surround so as to force to give up)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
This process may be used to kill certain types of small tumors or to seal off blood vessels to stop bleeding.
(Cauterize, NCI Dictionary)
The use of an intense beam of light, such as a laser, to seal off blood vessels or destroy tissue.
(Infrared Photocoagulation Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
Used to remove spots of tumor or seal off blood vessels to stop bleeding.
(Cauterize, NCI Dictionary)
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