SEALING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sealing mean? 

• SEALING (noun)
  The noun SEALING has 1 sense:

1. the act of treating something to make it repel water

  Familiarity information: SEALING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEALING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of treating something to make it repel water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sealing; waterproofing

Hypernyms ("sealing" is a kind of...):

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

Derivation:

seal (cover with varnish)

 Context examples 

Laurie was signing and sealing as he spoke, and did not look up till a great tear dropped on the paper.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Dense fibrous connective tissue sealing the joint.

(Joint Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

The sealing boats are not made for windward work.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Cardiac perforation may or may not be symptomatic and may or may not be self sealing.

(Cardiac Perforation, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A circular seal with a depressed center and raised sealing lips.

(Cup Seal Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

These features achieve a seal by conforming to one or more of the sealing surfaces on the container neck finish.

(Linerless Plastic Container Closure, Food and Drug Administration)

Mr. Tiffey and myself, Mr. Copperfield, are about to examine the desks, the drawers, and other such repositories of the deceased, with the view of sealing up his private papers, and searching for a Will. There is no trace of any, elsewhere.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The boat was near enough for us to make out that it was larger than any sealing boat and built on different lines.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

To Jo I leave my breastpin, the one mended with sealing wax, also my bronze inkstand—she lost the cover—and my most precious plaster rabbit, because I am sorry I burned up her story.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Nothing was before us but the three or four months’ hunting on the sealing grounds.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)