occlude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occludĕre, from ob (“before”) and claudĕre (“to shut”).

Verb

occlude (third-person singular simple present occludes, present participle occluding, simple past and past participle occluded)

1. (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
2. (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Derived terms

Terms derived from occlude

• disocclusion
• nonoccluded
• occluded front

• occluder
• occlusion
• occlusive

• preoccluded
• reoccluded
• unoccluded

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Italian

Verb

occlude

1. third-person singular present indicative of occludere

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Latin

Verb

occlūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of occlūdō