sealed

Thân thiện

The package is still sealed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Closed or secured with a seal: Describes something that has been fastened or shut in a way that prevents access or opening without breaking the seal.
   • Made impervious or airtight: Covered or treated with a substance to prevent the passage of air, water, or other substances.
   • Determined irrevocably; settled conclusively: Describes a decision, fate, or agreement that is final and cannot be changed.
   • Undisclosed or confidential: Kept secret or hidden for a specific period or purpose.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The letter was placed in a sealed envelope. (It was in an envelope that was closed shut.)
  • We stored the food in a sealed container to keep it fresh. (The container was closed airtight.)
  • After the verdict, his fate was sealed. (His future was determined irrevocably.)
  • The detectives were given sealed orders to be opened at midnight. (They received confidential instructions.)

Advanced Usage

• "My lips are sealed": An idiom meaning one will not reveal a secret.

  • Don't worry, my lips are sealed about your surprise party.

• In games like chess: A "sealed move" is a move written down and kept secret when a game is adjourned, to be played later.

  • The grandmaster wrote down his sealed move before the break.

Variants and Related Words

• Seal (verb): To fasten or close securely.
  • Please seal the box with tape.
• Sealant (noun): A substance used to seal something.
  • They applied a waterproof sealant to the driveway.
• Unsealed (adjective): Not sealed; open.
  • The unsealed jar had lost its freshness.

Synonyms

• Closed: Shut.
• Airtight/Watertight: Impervious to air or water.
• Finalized: Concluded; settled.
• Confidential: Secret; private.

Related Phrases

• Sealed off: To close an area completely to prevent entry or exit.
  • The police sealed off the crime scene.
• Sealed with a kiss (SWAK): A playful phrase sometimes written on love letters, implying they were closed with affection.
  • The note ended with "SWAK".

Related Idioms

• Signed, sealed, and delivered: Completely finished and formally concluded.
  • The contract is signed, sealed, and delivered; the deal is done.
• Sealed one's own fate: To be responsible for the inevitable negative consequences of one's own actions.
  • By lying to the court, he sealed his own fate.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
2. covered with a waterproof coating
   • a sealed driveway
3. having been paved
4. determined irrevocably
   • his fate is sealed
5. undisclosed for the time being
   • sealed orders
   • a sealed move in chess
6. closed or secured with or as if with a seal
   • my lips are sealed
   • the package is still sealed
   • the premises are sealed
7. established irrevocably
   • his fate is sealed

Từ đồng nghĩa

• plastered
• certain