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seal collapse: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions; a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents; fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure; a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture; a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal"; the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal"; decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"; hunt seals; close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax"; make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"; affix a seal to; "seal the letter"

initial collapse: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"; occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"; mark with one's initials

batten collapse: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm; secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"; furnish with battens; "batten ships"

furtive collapse: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

fingerprint collapse: biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations; a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"; take an impression of a person's fingerprints

thumbprint collapse: fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)

affirm collapse: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"; say yes to

validate collapse: make valid or confirm the validity of; "validate a ticket"; prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something; give evidence for; declare or make legally valid

fur collapse: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel); a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal; the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

vagina collapse: the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus"

stow away collapse: hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation; "The illegal immigrants stowed away on board the freighter"

unmask collapse: reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"; take the mask of; "unmask the imposter"

dun collapse: horse of a dull brownish grey color; a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"; of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"; make a dun color; cure by salting; "dun codfish"; persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"

footprint collapse: the area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"; a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"; a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; "the footprints of an earlier civilization"

unfurl collapse: unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner"

approve collapse: judge to be right or commendable; think well of; give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

contain collapse: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"; be divisible by; "24 contains 6"

incognito collapse: without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company"

secret collapse: information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"; something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"; the next to highest level of official classification for documents; not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"; indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic"; communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"; not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"

sanction collapse: a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards; the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church"; formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"; give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage"; give authority or permission to

formalize collapse: make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

masthead collapse: the head or top of a mast; the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page; a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

certify collapse: declare legally insane; guarantee payment on; of checks; guarantee as meeting a certain standard; "certified grade AAA meat"

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