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Seal Off

Definitions: Seal Off

Seal Off

Verb

1. Make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows".

2. Impose a blockade on.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Seal Off

DomainDefinitions

Mining

The use of a cement or other sealant in a borehole. Seal off is not synonymous with blankoff and case off, where securing the walls of a borehole is accomplished by setting pipe or casing. CF:blankoff; seal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Seal Off

Synonyms: blockade (v), seal (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Seal Off

Specialty definitions using "seal off": car unloader, CAR-DUMPER OPERATORflamer-sealer, FOUNDATION-DRILL OPERATORGAS-MAIN FITTERinsulated openingsOPERATOR, CAVITY PUMPparboiler, pressure chamberseamer, spherical dam, steamer operator, STEAM-OVEN OPERATORtelevision-picture-tube rebuilder, TUBE REBUILDERVACUUM-METALIZER OPERATOR, vapor coaterwater dam. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Seal Off

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Cameroon

Typically, security forces seal off a neighborhood, systematically search homes, arrest persons arbitrarily, and seize suspicious or illegal articles. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Seal Off

Language Translations for "seal off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

затварям (case, cicatrize, close, constrain, douse, enclose, gaol, hem, house, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, latch, lock, lock up, mew, obturate, pen, prison, pull to, restrain, screw up, shut, shut away, shut in, shut up, stop, turn off), изолирам (enclose, enisle, insulate, island, isolate, seal, seclude, segregate, sequester, sequestrate, shut in, shut off). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

封鎖 (blockade). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zazdít (build up, mure, wall up), zablokovat (foul, jam up), tìsnì uzavřít (seal in, seal up). (various references)

   

Danish

  

produktionsforingsstammen er noedvendig for at forhindre sammenstyrtninger af vaeggen i borehullet og holde borehullet rent,for at plombere eller adskille olie-,gas-,eller vandfoerende lag,samt plombere spildzoner,som formationsvaeske eller-gas kunne trae (and seal off thief zones into which the formation fluide might migrate, gas-, or water-bearing zones, seal off or separate oil-, the oil string of casing is required to prevent cave-ins and maintain a clean hole). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

de produktieserie is nodig om instorting te voorkomen en het boorgat schoon te houden;om olie-,gas-of waterhoudende lagen af te pleisteren en om olie-absorberende zones waarin de formatievloeistoffen zouden kunnen verdwijnen,af te dichten (and seal off thief zones into which the formation fluide might migrate, gas-, or water-bearing zones, seal off or separate oil-, the oil string of casing is required to prevent cave-ins and maintain a clean hole). (various references)

   

French

  

le cuvelage technique ou cuvelage de production est destiné empêcher les parois de s'effondrer et maintenir le puits propre, isoler ou séparer les zones pétrolifères,gazéifères ou aquifères,et isoler les zones fissurées vers lesquelles (and seal off thief zones into which the formation fluide might migrate, seal off or separate oil-), coaguler les vaisseaux sanguins variqueux (to seal off varicose blood vessels). (various references)

   

German

  

absperren (barricade off, block off, close off, lock up, mark off, section off, shut off, turn off), abriegeln (block off, bolt, cordon off). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ο τεχνικός σωλήνας επενδύσεως ή σωλήνας επενδύσεως παραγωγής προορίζεται για να εμποδίσει να καταρρεύσουν τα τοιχώματα και να διατηρήσει (and seal off thief zones into which the formation fluide might migrate, seal off or separate oil-). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sigillare (seal, seal up, tape), bloccare l'accesso. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ealsay offay

   

Russian 

  

запаивать наглухо. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cerrar (block, bring up, close, close down, fasten, jam, lock, lock out, make, obstruct, put down, put over, put through, seal, set in, shut, shut down, shut up, stop, to batten down an opening, to close, to shut, turn off, zip, zip shut, zip up). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tıkamak (block, block up, bung, bung up, choke, choke up, clog, congest, engorge, foul, foul up, glut, hold, jam, obliterate, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug, plug up, Spike, spile, stop, stop up, stopple, stuff, tampon, wad), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, enclose, furl, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off, wall). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

beklemek (block). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Seal Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-l-o-s"

-1 letter: offals.

-2 letters: alefs, aloes, false, fleas, floes, foals, leafs, loafs, offal.

-3 letters: alef, ales, aloe, also, effs, feal, flea, floe, foal, foes, lase, leaf, leas, loaf, lose, oafs, offs, olea, oles, safe, sale, seal, self, sloe, sofa, sola, sole.

-4 letters: aff, ale, als, eff, efs, elf, els, fas, foe, las, lea, oaf, oes, off.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-f-l-o-s"
 

+1 letter: leadoffs.

 

+2 letters: buffaloes, safflower.

 

+3 letters: safflowers, scaffolded.

 

+4 letters: flameproofs, foamflowers, officialese.

 

+5 letters: officialeses, semiofficial, shuffleboard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Seal Off


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 61 6C      4F 66 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0061 006C      004F 0066 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537167782497272

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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