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oc⋅clude

  [uh-klood] verb, -clud⋅ed, -clud⋅ing.
Use occlude in a Sentence
–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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oc·clude   (ə-klōōd')   


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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 occlūdere : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + claudere, to close.]
oc·clud'ent adj.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: oc·clude
Pronunciation: &-'klüd, ä-
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: oc·clud·ed;oc·clud·ing
transitive senses
1 : to close up or block off : OBSTRUCT occluding a coronary artery>
2 : to bring (upper and lower teeth) into occlusion
3 : to take in andretain (a substance) in the interior rather than on an external surface : SORB occlude alcohol> occlude intransitive senses
1 : to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together occludeproperly>
2 : to become occluded
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

occlude oc·clude (ə-kl&oomacr;d')
v. oc·clud·ed, oc·clud·ing, oc·cludes

  1. To cause to become closed; obstruct.

  2. To prevent the passage of.

  3. To bring together the upper and lower teeth in proper alignment for chewing.

  4. To enclose a virus, as in an inclusion body.

  5. In chemistry, to absorb and retain gases and other substances.

oc·clud'ent adj.

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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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