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Definitions: Seal Off |
Seal OffVerb1. 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. |
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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. | |
Synonyms: Seal OffSynonyms: blockade (v), seal (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Seal Off |
| Specialty definitions using "seal off": car unloader, CAR-DUMPER OPERATOR ♦ flamer-sealer, FOUNDATION-DRILL OPERATOR ♦ GAS-MAIN FITTER ♦ insulated openings ♦ OPERATOR, CAVITY PUMP ♦ parboiler, pressure chamber ♦ seamer, spherical dam, steamer operator, STEAM-OVEN OPERATOR ♦ television-picture-tube rebuilder, TUBE REBUILDER ♦ VACUUM-METALIZER OPERATOR, vapor coater ♦ water dam. (references) |
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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. | ||
| 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 запаивать наглухо. (various references) 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) 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) beklemek (block). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 61 6C      4F 66 66 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e a l   O f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0061 006C      004F 0066 0066 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537167782497272 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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