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–verb (used with object)

1.	to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).

2.	to shut in, out, or off.

3.	Physical Chemistry. (of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption.

–verb (used without object)

4.	Dentistry. to shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together.

5.	Meteorology. to form an occluded front.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L occlūdere to shut up, close up, equiv. to oc- oc- + -clūdere, comb. form of claudere to close

]

—Related forms

oc·clud·ent, adjective

—Synonyms 1. obstruct, clog, block, plug.

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v. oc·clud·ed, oc·clud·ing, oc·cludes

v. tr.

To cause to become closed; obstruct: occlude an artery.
To prevent the passage of: occlude light; occlude the flow of blood.
Chemistry To absorb or adsorb and retain (a substance).
Meteorology To force (air) upward from the earth's surface, as when a cold front overtakes and undercuts a warm front.
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 occlūdere : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + claudere, to close.]

oc·clud'ent adj.

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occlude

1597, from L. occludere (pp. occlusus) "shut up, close up," from ob "against, up" + claudere "to shut, close" (see close (v.)). Of teeth, 1880 (implied in occlusion).

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occlude
verb
block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct] [ant: disengage]

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

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occlude programming
(Or "shadow") To make a variable inaccessible by declaring another with the same name within the scope of the first.
(1995-12-14)

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Occlude

Oc*clude"\, v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see Ob-) + claudere to shut.]

1. To shut up; to close. --Sir T. Browne.

2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.

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