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occlude en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /əˈkluːd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
    • His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror. 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 301:
  2. (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
occluded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
occluded Tense=Past lexicographic
occluding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
occludes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

occluded front · malocclude · nonoccluded · unoccluded · re-occlude · occluder · reocclude · reoccluded · occludable · occludin

Relateds

postoccluded · occlusive · occlusion · disocclude · preoccluded · disocclusion · occlusal

Translations (6)

es ocluir (to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.) · hu kitakar (to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.) · hu takar (to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.) · hu eltakar (to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.) · bg закривам (to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.) · la occlūdō (to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.)