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What does seal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word seal? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To hunt seals.
Noun
  1. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
  2. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
  3. (Discuss(+) this sense) A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
  4. Anything that secures or authenticates.
  5. (Discuss(+) this sense) Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
  6. Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.
  7. Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
  8. A tight closure, secure against leakage.
  9. A chakra.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
  2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
  3. (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
  4. (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
  5. (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
  6. (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
  7. (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
  8. (transitive) To guarantee.
  9. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
  10. To close by means of a seal.
  11. (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
Verb
  1. (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
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