seal-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: fasten or close tightly

Examples:
Once it is sealed, the container of drums is transported across the sea.
The Romans, at the behest of the Pharisees, sealed the tomb.
So I sealed the ridge vent, but I am still getting a draft.
Nate sealed the envelope and collapsed backward on his cot.

Mappings:
VerbNet: tape-22.4
FrameNet: Closure
PropBank: seal.01,seal.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
seal_in 1
seal_off 1

Sense Number 2: finalize; coerce into a permanant state

Examples:
A 9th grader sealed the Godfrey deal.
A flipped switch sealed the fate of the genesis spacecraft.
The agricultural crisis in the 1880s sealed the end of this era.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: cover with varnish

Examples:
I sealed the chair, using glazing between the first few layers of lacquer.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: hunt seals

Examples:
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Mappings:
VerbNet: berry-13.7
FrameNet: Hunting
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 5: impose a blockade on

Examples:
Baqouba was sealed off yesterday as U.S. forces lost control of it.
Uzbek security forces have sealed off the centre of Andijan city.
The authorities sealed off the villages as bird flu reached the capital.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
seal_off 2

Sense Number 6: affix a seal to

Examples:
My Parents sealed the letter with their own seal, which cannot be broken by any power.
Maria sealed the letter with Olivia's sealing ring.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4