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- Dictionaryocclude/əˈkluːd/
verb
- 1. stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage): "thick make-up can occlude the pores"
- 2. hide or obscure from prominence or view: "voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate"
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verb [ T ] medical, science formal or specialized uk / əˈkluːd / us / əˈkluːd / Add to word list. to block something: Veins can get occluded by blood clots. Synonyms. block. jam. obstruct. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Preventing and impeding. anti-drug. anti-jamming. avoidable. avoidably. fireproof. flameproof. frustration.
How to use occlude in a sentence. to close up or block off : obstruct; also : conceal; sorb; to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together… See the full definition
verb [ T ] medical, science formal or specialized us / əˈkluːd / uk / əˈkluːd / Add to word list. to block something: Veins can get occluded by blood clots. Synonyms. block. jam. obstruct. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Preventing and impeding. anti-drug. anti-jamming. avoidable. avoidably. derail. fireproof. frustration.
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. To force (air) upward from the earth's surface, as when a cold front overtakes and undercuts a warm front. 5.
Occlude definition: to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).. See examples of OCCLUDE used in a sentence.
Occlude means to obstruct, as with an opening. You hear this a lot in a medical context. Heart surgeons are looking for occlusions in blood vessels — things that occlude the flow of blood. Occlude does not exist only in a medical context.
Definition of occlude verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. 1. (transitive) to block or stop up (a passage or opening); obstruct. 2. (transitive) to prevent the passage of. 3. (transitive) chemistry. (of a solid) to incorporate (a substance) by absorption or adsorption. 4. meteorology. to form or cause to form an occluded front. 5. dentistry. to produce or cause to produce occlusion, as in chewing.
Occlude Definition. ə-klo͝od. occluded, occludes, occluding. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. occluded, occludes, occluding. To cause to become closed; obstruct. American Heritage Medicine. To close, shut, or block (a passage) Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
v.t. to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.). to shut in, out, or off. Chemistry [Physical Chem.](of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption. v.i. Dentistry to shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together.
