occlude

oc·clude  (-kld) v. oc·clud·ed, oc·clud·ing, oc·cludes v.tr. 1. To cause to become closed; obstruct: occlude an artery. 2. To prevent the passage of: occlude light; occlude the flow of blood. 3. Chemistry To absorb or adsorb and retain (a substance). 4. Meteorology To force (air) upward from the earth's surface, as when a cold front overtakes and undercuts a warm front. 5. Dentistry To bring together (the upper and lower teeth) in proper alignment for chewing. v.intr. Dentistry To close so that the cusps fit together. Used of the teeth of the upper and lower jaws. [Latin occldere : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + claudere, to close.] oc·cludent adj.

occlude

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occlude

Verb

[-cluding, -cluded] Formal

1. to block or stop up a passage or opening: the arteries are occluded by deposits of plaque

2. to shut in or out: slowly occluding him from Nash's vision

3. Chem (of a solid) to absorb and retain a gas or other substance [Latin occludere]

occlusion n

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occlude  (-kld)

To force air upward from the Earth's surface, as when a cold front overtakes and undercuts a warm front.

Thesaurus

Verb

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occlude - block passage through; "obstruct the path" obturate, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block block off, blockade - obstruct access to barricado, barricade - block off with barricades barricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded" asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred" dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" block out, screen - prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslide barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"