occlude
verb/əˈkluːd/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).
- borrowed from occlūdere
Definitions
To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
- His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror.
To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
The neighborhood
- neighbordisocclude
- neighbordisocclusion
- neighborocclusal
- neighborocclusion
- neighborocclusive
- neighborpostoccluded
- neighborpreoccluded
Derived
malocclude, nonoccluded, occludable, occluded front, occluder, occludin, reocclude, re-occlude, reoccluded, unoccluded
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA