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Verb

occlude (third-person singular simple present occludes, present participle occluding, simple past and past participle occluded)

  • (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
    • ✤ His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror.1
  • (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈkluːd/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Audio (General American): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 301: ↩

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