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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024oc•clude /əˈklud/USA pronunciation v., -clud•ed, -clud•ing. - to (cause to) be closed, shut, or stopped up, as a passage or opening: [~ + object]Something occluded the drainpipe.[no object]The drainpipe occluded.
- Dentistry[no object] (of a tooth) to make contact with the surface of an opposite tooth when the jaws are closed.
oc•clu•sion /əˈkluʒən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]an occlusion of the teeth.[uncountable]improper occlusion. oc•clu•sive /əˈklusɪv/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024oc•clude (ə klo̅o̅d′),USA pronunciation v., -clud•ed, -clud•ing. 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. - Dentistryto shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together.
- Meteorologyto form an occluded front.
- Latin occlūdere to shut up, close up, equivalent. to oc- oc- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to close
- 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obstruct, clog, block, plug.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: occlude /əˈkluːd/ vb - (transitive) to block or stop up (a passage or opening); obstruct
- (transitive) to prevent the passage of
- (transitive) (of a solid) to incorporate (a substance) by absorption or adsorption
- to form or cause to form an occluded front
- to produce or cause to produce occlusion, as in chewing
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin occlūdere, from ob- (intensive) + claudere to closeocˈcludent adj |