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
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
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
Examples:
No examples found.
Mappings:
VerbNet: berry-13.7
FrameNet: Hunting
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
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
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