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Word: Occlude
Speech Type: Verb
late 16th century: from Latin occludere ‘shut up’
əˈkluːd
stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage)
Short Definition:close up or obstruct
Examples:- thick make-up can occlude the pores
hide or obscure from prominence or view
Short Definition:hide or obscure
Examples:- voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate
- they were occluding the waterfront with a wall of buildings
(of a tooth) come into contact with another tooth in the opposite jaw
Short Definition:(of tooth) come into contact with another in opposite jaw
Examples:- in monkeys and apes, the upper canine occludes with the lower first premolar
(of a solid) absorb and retain (a gas or impurity)
Short Definition:(of solid) absorb gas or impurity
Examples:- occluded within these crystals are other molecules
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