seal off

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. make tight;
secure against leakage (Freq. 3)
- seal the windows
• Syn:
seal
• Derivationally related forms:
seal (for: seal), sealant (for: seal), sealer (for: seal)
• Hypernyms:
close, shut
• Hyponyms:
reseal, waterproof, caulk, calk, pack
• Verb Group:
seal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They want to seal off the doors
2. impose a blockade on (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
blockade
• Derivationally related forms:
blockade (for: blockade)
• Hypernyms:
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something