1. The act of treating something to make it repel water
   "The sealing of the deck prevented water damage during rainy seasons";
   - waterproofing

1. Make tight; secure against leakage
   "seal the windows";
   - seal off
    
2. Close with or as if with a seal
   "She sealed the letter with hot wax"
    
3. Affix a seal to
   "seal the letter"
    
4. Decide irrevocably
   "sealing dooms"
    
5. Cover with varnish
   "He sealed the wooden table to protect it";
   - varnish
    
6. Hunt seals
   "The Inuit sealed on the ice floes"

Sounds like: ceiling, seeling

Derived forms: sealings

Type of: affix, close, coat, decide, determine, fill up, hunt, hunt down, make up one's mind, protection, run, shut, stick on, surface, track down

Antonym: unseal

Encyclopedia: Sealing