Definition

1. Verb:
   • To seal again: To close something securely or tightly a second or subsequent time, typically by applying a new seal or by re-establishing an existing one.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Please reseal the bag to keep the food fresh.
  • After checking the documents, the inspector will reseal the container.
  • The contract became invalid, so they had to reseal the agreement with new terms.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Procedural Context: Often used in formal, legal, or technical settings where an item must be officially closed again after inspection.
  • The evidence bag was opened for analysis and then carefully resealed.
• Implied Imperative: Frequently used in instructions.
  • Reseal tightly after each use.

Variants and Related Words

• Resealable (adj): Describing a container or package designed to be sealed again after opening.
  • The bag is resealable, so you can keep the chips crispy.
• Resealing (n): The act or process of sealing something again.
  • The resealing of the jar was not done properly.

Synonyms

• Reclose: To close again.
• Fasten again: To secure or shut again.

Related Phrases

• To put the seal back on: To reapply a seal. (This is a descriptive phrase, not a phrasal verb of "reseal").
  • He put the official seal back on the document after verifying its contents.

Verb

1. seal again
   • reseal the bottle after using the medicine