oc·clude ( -kl d )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 occl  dere : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + claudere, to close.]oc·clud ent adj. |   |
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| Adj. | 1. | occluded - closed off; "an occluded artery" obstructed - shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice" |
| 2. | occluded - (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; "the sorbed oil mass"; "large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium" combined - made or joined or united into one |
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