sealed
part of speech
verb, past and past participle of «seal» (seal, seals, sealed, sealing); adjective (sealed)
meaning for a pupil
1) Closed tightly so that nothing can get in or out. tree →
2) Fixed or made certain: «Our win was sealed». tree →
3) With a seal or stamp on it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, a sealed container stops air or water getting in or out: in experiments, a sealed jar shows that the mass stays the same when ice melts inside; plants in a sealed bottle garden recycle their water. In safety, food and medicine should come in a sealed package; if the seal is broken, do not use it. In stories, a sealed letter or sealed door hides a secret. Phrases: «sealed envelope», «sealed container», «signed, sealed and delivered», «my lips are sealed» (I will keep the secret).
examples
- Keep the biscuits in a sealed tin so they stay crisp. tree →
- The letter came in a sealed envelope. tree →
- Ice melted in a sealed jar, and the mass stayed the same. tree →
- Don't use a juice carton that isn't sealed. tree →
- The last goal sealed our win. tree →
- The old tomb had been sealed for hundreds of years. tree →
- "My lips are sealed," she said. tree →
- Plants can live for years in a sealed bottle garden. tree →
note
Spelling: seal → sealed (just add -ed). «My lips are sealed» is about keeping a secret — but secrets that make you feel unsafe should always be told to a trusted adult.
In the corpora
- In hospitals, sealed plastic syringes, gloves and tubes keep medicine and tools free of germs and are used only once.
- «Ma lips are sealed.» Small treat secrets like that are fine.
- 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?
- And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
- My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
Trees and pragmatics
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