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Main Entry:	seal [seel] Show IPA/sil/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	authentication; stamp
Synonyms:	allowance, assurance, attestation, authorization, cachet, confirmation, imprimatur, insignia, notification, permission, permit, ratification, signet, sticker, tape, tie
Antonyms:	disapproval, refusal

Main Entry:	seal
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	ensure, finalize
Synonyms:	assure, attest, authenticate, clinch, conclude, confirm, consummate, establish, ratify, settle, shake hands on, stamp, validate
Antonyms:	delay, put off, refuse

Main Entry:	achieve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
Synonyms:	accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out
Notes:	achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive
Antonyms:	fail, lose, miss

Example Sentences

Asked about illegal immigrants, the candidates settled on the simplest-sounding response: seal the border.

Council strive to be rigorous, but only about half of all teacher-education programs have one or the other's seal of approval.

Crops will spread north as seal hunters become farmers.

Asked about illegal immigrants, the candidates settled on the simplest-sounding response: seal the border.

Council strive to be rigorous, but only about half of all teacher-education programs have one or the other's seal of approval.

Crops will spread north as seal hunters become farmers.

Carefully scanning the ice for lurking polar bears, a ringed seal surfaces to catch a breath of air.

Seal the first hole, then cover the next hole and seal that, etc.

In midair the shark lunges at a seal and flips back into the water with a mighty splash.

In the snorkeling pool on the north end, you might see a rare sleeping monk seal.

It's the seal on the social contract, a mark of our participation in this new covenant of cozening.

When any faucet starts to drip, the problem is usually a worn seal or component.

Use pink paper, dot your i's with hearts, and a little spritz of perfume before you seal the envelope wouldn't hurt.

Tetra sells its customers wide rolls of laminated cardboard, and sells or leases the machines to fill and seal the cartons.

The leopard seal is named for its black-spotted coat.

And sandwich/storage bags would be even easier to seal.

They are also designed to bend to the wearer's face, and do not require an airtight seal.

If the plant is generally healthy, it will usually seal off the cankers.

Like those of other large predators, leopard seal populations are relatively low.

Like other mammals, humans quickly seal off wounds with thickened mats of collagen.

The kind of seal required will depend on the stress and corrosion it has to withstand.

Some native groups fear the repercussions of a renewed backlash against the harp seal harvest.

AdŽlie penguins and leopard seal colonies to your heart's content.

Seal remaining shrimp in the bag and return to the freezer.

Contributions that check out will be given a seal of approval.

No man who has clubbed a baby seal to death can ever find a home in the home of the braves.

The seal then tried to jump on the boat, closely followed by the shark, which bit into the side of the boat causing it to lurch.

Split into quadrants, each section is engraved with the seal of the state, laying claim to its parcel of disk.

Mason bee is a generic term for solitary bees that seal their nests with mud.

Admittedly, this is a small issue that probably won't seal or break a deal.

It is possible to seal borders tightly enough to keep more people out if those inside are ready to pay the price.

Folds of skin cover their eyes and ears to prevent water from entering, and the nostrils close with a watertight seal.

Put a wee bit of cherry on each circle, fold over, and seal.

Seal the container with the rubber stopper and insert an airlock into it.

Fold and double seal edges of foil so the steam doesn't escape the packets.

Put bagged bird in chest, pour brine over turkey, and seal bags tightly.

Place a cap on the bottle, place the capper over it, and push down on the capper's arms to seal.

And then it was back to our trusty and slightly rusty floor corker to seal the deal.

The decision would effectively shut one of the world's largest hunting grounds in the controversial trade in seal fur.

Boil, cool, and seal the water with the floating contacts in an airtight container until morning.

And it is less able to hand down opinions that count, because they do not bear the seal of all the world's great powers.

New computer modeling suggests that the tire rubber forms a seal with the liquid on the road, resulting in a loss of friction.

Learn how to seal your leaky windows with an easy, temporary solution.

Other researchers might now be inspired to dig through seal data to see what features could be mapped, he adds.

The team then failed to run a test to establish that the cement seal was adequate.

Personalized ads, with your seal of approval, may now appear on your friends' profile pages.

The pouch must bear an official seal of the sending government or international organization.

The affidavit in support of the warrant was submitted under seal.

It turns out that a gated community doesn't hermetically seal out the darker keys of human nature.

Watch as a harbor seal chases schools of fish, and later ingests sand lance fish, which live in the ocean floor.

Make sure the plastic wrap doesn't seal off the cup from the surrounding dirt.

Infrared cooking technology penetrates meat evenly and seal in juices.

One female killer whale quickly beaches herself to snag a vulnerable seal pup.

Then hermetically seal the joint with silicone cement.

TechCrunch got a seal of approval from one of the stalwarts of newspaper journalism today.

It is understandable but pathetic to seal one's records as a campaign strategy.

Publicly funded universities have no flexibility to offer more money to seal a deal.

The current study has shown that the whiskers play a much bigger role in seal navigation.

The next step was to sandwich a microporous membrane between two films and seal them together.

Natural cork, synthetic cork and screw caps were used to seal the bottles.

Perhaps the beef industry will stop being so seal dependent.

They emerge about now, breed, then nest in holes whose entrances they seal with mud.

She would scour her room before sleep, seal her windows with duct tape, and barricade the base of her door with a towel.

She insisted on marriage, too, to seal the tempestuous affairs her wilder self kept falling into.

Once it has located its prey, an orca employs one of numerous techniques to catch the ill-fated seal.

Not only is it perpetual motion it will keep increasing in speed and power output until the seal on the system is broken.

They aren't true in-ears, but the rubber tips form a seal that's tight enough.

Granting a party the right to take part in elections does not bestow on it the seal of legitimacy.

Andy rigs a tiny camera hidden in a seal decoy to film the great white's powerful jaws in action.

Seal the bottles and store them at room temperature.

Once sheltered by remote atolls, this oldest living seal is now almost extinct.

Seal the hole and drill a new one for the next load.

Mitnick even has the government's seal of approval now.

Equal membership in a club of nations was a seal of sovereignty.

Mount the sensitized plate onto your camera's film holder and seal the camera.

Indeed, gaining the commission's seal of approval has become a price of entry into the serious market for global medical travel.

Refill the sanitized air lock with enough water to form a seal.

Main Entry:	approve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	allow, authorize
Synonyms:	accede, accept, accredit, acquiesce, advocate, affirm, agree, assent, authorize, back, bless, boost, buy, buy into, certify, charter, concur, confirm, consent, dig, empower, encourage, endorse, establish, get behind, give go-ahead, go along with, groove, hats off to, lap up, license, maintain, make law, make valid, mandate, okay, permit, pronounce, push for, ratify, recommend, sanction, seal, second, sign, sign off on, stump for, subscribe to, support, thumbs up, uphold, validate
Antonyms:	disallow, disapprove, invalidate, oppose, refuse, reject

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	assure
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make certain
Synonyms:	cinch, clinch, complete, confirm, ensure, guarantee, have a lock on, ice, insure, lock, lock on, lock up, make sure, nail down, put on ice, seal*, secure, set

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	attest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	affirm, vouch for
Synonyms:	adjure, announce, argue, assert, asservate, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, give evidence, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness
Antonyms:	deny

Main Entry:	autograph
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	handwritten signature
Synonyms:	John Hancock, endorsement, handwriting, inscription, seal, token, undersignature, writing

Main Entry:	bar
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	secure, usually with a length of material
Synonyms:	barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall
Antonyms:	loosen, open, unfasten

Main Entry:	cement
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attach securely, often with sticky material
Synonyms:	bind, blend, bond, cohere, combine, connect, fasten, fuse, glue, gum, join, merge, mortar, paste, plaster, seal, solder, stick together, unite, weld
Antonyms:	divide, separate, unfix

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