seal

I 1. [si:l] noun

1) (a piece of wax or other material bearing a design, attached to a document to show that it is genuine and legal.) pečat

2) (a piece of wax etc used to seal a parcel etc.) pečat

3) ((something that makes) a complete closure or covering: Paint and varnish act as protective seals for woodwork.) zaščita

2. verb

1) (to mark with a seal: The document was signed and sealed.) zapečatiti

2) ((negative unseal) to close completely: He licked and sealed the envelope; All the air is removed from a can of food before it is sealed.) zapreti

3) (to settle or decide: This mistake sealed his fate.) zapečatiti

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- sealing-wax

- seal of approval
- seal off
- set one's seal to II [si:l] noun

(any of several types of sea animal, some furry, living partly on land.) tjulenj

- sealskin

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I [si:l]

1.

noun

zoology

tjulenj; tjulenjevina (meso, koža); tjulenje usnje (tudi imitacija); rdečkasto rumeno rjava barva (tjulenja)

eared seal — morski lev;

2.

intransitive verb

iti na lov na tjulenje

II [si:l]

noun

pečat (tudi figuratively); žig; pečatnik; (carinska) plomba; snov za zamašitev odprtin; technical sifon; figuratively jamstvo, poroštvo, garancija, zagotovitev, obljuba, zastavek, založek, zalog

seal of love figuratively poljub; rojstvo otroka; poroštvo, jamstvo ljubezni

the Great Seal British English veliki državni pečat lorda kanclerja (s katerim se zapečatijo spisi parlamenta in važne državne listine)

the Privy Seal British English mali državni pečat (ki se daje na listine, ki jim ni potreben veliki državni pečat ali ki se bodo pozneje predložile parlamentu)

given under my hand and seal — od mene podpisano in zapečateno

under the hand and seal of — podpisano in zapečateno od

under the seal of confession — pod spovednim pečatom

under the seal of secrecy — pod pečatom molčečnosti, kot tajnost

he has the seal of death in his face — smrt mu je zapisana v obrazu

to resign the seals figuratively odpovedati se službovanju

to set one's seal to s.th. — pritisniti svoj pečat na kaj, zapečatiti; overiti, potrditi, avtorizirati kaj

III [si:l]

transitive verb

zapečatiti (tudi figuratively), dokončno odločiti, dati pečat na, žigosati; potrditi, ratificirati, sankcionirati; dokazati; zamašiti, začepiti (up), (hermetično) zapreti; označiti, zaznamovati; učvrstiti kaj s pomočjo cementa; zaliti (s svincem, smolo, z malto)

to seal a beam in a wall — zacementirati tram v zid

it is a sealed book for me — to je zame knjiga s sedmimi pečati

he is sealed for damnation — obsojen je na poguho

his fate is sealed — njegova usoda je zapečatena

that sealed his fate — to je zapečatilo njegovo usodo

to seal one's devotion with one's death — dokazati, potrditi svojo vdanost s smrtjo

sleep sealed my eyes — spanec mi je zatisnil oči

the tins are carefully sealed up — konserve so skrbno (hermetično) zaprte

a vessel sealed in ice — v ledu zamrznjena ladja

to seal (up) a window — tesno, hermetično zapreti okno