SEALED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sealed mean? 

• SEALED (adjective)
  The adjective SEALED has 7 senses:

1. established irrevocably

2. closed or secured with or as if with a seal

3. undisclosed for the time being

4. determined irrevocably

5. having been paved

6. covered with a waterproof coating

7. (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster

  Familiarity information: SEALED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEALED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Established irrevocably

Synonyms:

certain; sealed

Context example:

his fate is sealed

Antonym:

unsealed (not established or confirmed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Closed or secured with or as if with a seal

Context example:

the premises are sealed

Similar:

unopened (not yet opened or unsealed)

Also:

closed (not open or affording passage or access)

Antonym:

unsealed (not closed or secured with or as if with a seal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Undisclosed for the time being

Context example:

a sealed move in chess

Similar:

concealed (hidden on any grounds for any motive)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Determined irrevocably

Context example:

his fate is sealed

Similar:

irrevocable; irrevokable (incapable of being retracted or revoked)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Having been paved

Similar:

paved (covered with a firm surface)

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Covered with a waterproof coating

Context example:

a sealed driveway

Similar:

covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(of walls) covered with a coat of plaster

Synonyms:

plastered; sealed

Similar:

covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)

 Context examples 

Science is, as I understand, a sealed book to you; but you may congratulate yourself upon the hunting-field which awaits you.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Here, sir,” said Poole, and gave into his hands a considerable packet sealed in several places.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He meant it to be a good-natured joke, but that one word sealed his fate.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was tied securely with a broad band of purple silk, and firmly sealed at either end with a large red seal.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, José.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It contained two things—a book and a sealed paper.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This letter, however, was written, and sealed, and sent.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I opened that coffin, which was then sealed up, and we found it, as now, empty.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He folded them just so, put the proper stamps inside the long envelope along with the manuscript, sealed the envelope, put more stamps outside, and dropped it into the mail-box.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The papers had been made up into sealed envelopes, one or two of which had been opened by the police.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)