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# sealed

«sealed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Closed tightly so that nothing can get in or out** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#m1)

2) Fixed or made certain: «Our win was sealed». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#m2)

3) With a seal or stamp on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x1)
- The letter came in a sealed envelope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x2)
- Ice melted in a sealed jar, and the mass stayed the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x3)
- Don't use a juice carton that isn't sealed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x4)
- The last goal sealed our win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x5)
- The old tomb had been sealed for hundreds of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x6)
- "My lips are sealed," she said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x7)
- Plants can live for years in a sealed bottle garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/29-plastics-useful-stubborn/17/)
- [«Ma lips are sealed.» Small treat secrets like that are fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/25/)
- ['Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.919/)
- [And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.885/)
- [My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.358/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sealed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.