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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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Occlude is a verb that means to close up or block off, to obstruct, or to conceal. It can also mean to take up and hold by absorption or adsorption, or to come into contact with opposing teeth.
Occlude means to block something, especially in medical or scientific contexts. Learn how to use this verb with synonyms, related words, and example sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Occlude means to close, shut, or stop up a passage, opening, etc., or to prevent the passage of something. It also has specific meanings in chemistry, meteorology, and dentistry. See synonyms, examples, and word history of occlude.
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. guard against something. hamper. hang. have someone/something hanging round your neck idiom. preclusion.
Occluded means to cause something to become closed or obstructed, or to prevent the passage of something. It can also mean to absorb or retain a substance, or to bring the teeth together for chewing.
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.
Occlude means to cause to become closed, obstruct, or prevent the passage of something. It can also refer to a type of tooth alignment or a meteorological phenomenon. See different sources, synonyms, and translations of occlude.
