occlude

Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈkluːd/

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occlude (third-person singular simple present occludes, present participle occluding, simple past and past participle occluded)

1. (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 301:

     His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror.

2. (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

• IPA^(key): /okˈklu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: oc‧clù‧de

occlude

1. third-person singular present indicative of occludere

occlūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of occlūdō