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Definitions for Occlude
əˈkludoc·clude
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Princeton's WordNet
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close upverb
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
Wiktionary
occludeverb
To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block an opening.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Occludeverb
To shut up.
Etymology: occludo, Latin.
They take it up, and roll it upon the earths, whereby occluding the pores they conserve the natural humidity, and so prevent corruption. Brown.
ChatGPT
occlude
To occlude is to block, obstruct, or stop up a passage or opening, either partially or completely. In the medical field, it can also refer to the alignment of teeth or stopping blood flow in the body. It can additionally be used in the context of weather to describe the process of warm air overriding a cooler air mass.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Occlude
o-klōōd′, v.t. to absorb, as a gas by a metal.—adj. Occlu′dent, serving to close.—n. Occlu′sion, a closing of an opening, passage, or cavity: the act of occluding or absorbing.—adj. Occlu′sive, serving to close.—n. Occlu′sor, that which closes, esp. an organ for closing an opening in a body. [L. occludĕre,—ob, before, claudĕre, to shut.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Occlude in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Occlude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Occlude in a Sentence
That's the trick : to make these things kind of go viral and appealing and fun in ways that occlude the harms of the extractive practices.
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