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Meaning:

acronym:

  • A member of the Navy SEALs.
  • Sea, Air, Land (used as a name of a military unit)

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Noun:

  • A design associated with a government or governmental office.
  • A pinniped, a large marine fish-eating mammal.
  • Security against unauthorized tampering.
  • Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
  • Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design. (See the Wikipedia article)
  • singular Security against leakage.

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Verb:

  • dialectal To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
  • transitive|chess To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
  • intransitive To hunt seals
  • transitive To close securely to prevent leakage.
  • transitive To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
  • transitive To guarantee
  • transitive To place a seal on (a document).
  • transitive To place in a sealed container.
  • transitive To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).

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