See Also: occlude(medicine)
occlude(dictionary)

occlude (iou)



occlude verb. L16.
[Latin occludere, from ob- OB- + claudere to close.]
verb trans. Block or stop up (an opening, esp. an orifice or pore); obstruct (a passage). L16.
J. G. Farrell The new and astonishing growth of bamboo..threatened to occlude the entrance entirely.
verb trans. Shut in, enclose; cover, hide; spec. cover (an eye) to prevent its use. E17.
fig.: I. Colegate When she faltered, when her brightness was occluded by doubt.
verb trans. Chemistry.
a. Of a metal or other solid: absorb and retain (a gas). M19.
b. Remove (a substance) from solution by occlusion in the crystals of a precipitate. E20.
verb intrans. Of a tooth: come into contact with a tooth or teeth of the other jaw. (Foll. by with.) L19.
verb intrans. Meteorology. Of a front or frontal system: undergo occlusion. M20.
occluded front a front at which occlusion has occurred.
occludent noun & adjective (rare) (a thing) that occludes M18.
occluder noun (Ophthalmology) a device for occluding an eye M20.