verb, -clud⋅ed, -clud⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
occlude oc·clude (ə-kl&oomacr;d')
v. oc·clud·ed, oc·clud·ing, oc·cludes
To cause to become closed; obstruct.
To prevent the passage of.
To bring together the upper and lower teeth in proper alignment for chewing.
To enclose a virus, as in an inclusion body.
In chemistry, to absorb and retain gases and other substances.
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)