"occlude" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈkluːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-occlude.wav [Southern-England] Forms: occludes [present, singular, third-person], occluding [participle, present], occluded [participle, past], occluded [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-}}, {{bor|en|la|occlūdere}} Latin occlūdere, {{m|la|ob||before}} ob (“before”), {{m|la|claudere||to shut}} claudere (“to shut”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} occlude (third-person singular simple present occludes, present participle occluding, simple past and past participle occluded)
  1. (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-occlude-en-verb-DwSP-bkg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-occlude-en-verb-dYOQw0kM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: закривам (zakrivam) (Bulgarian), takar (Hungarian), kitakar (Hungarian), eltakar (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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