[əˈkluːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage)
(e.g: thick make-up can occlude the pores)

- hide or obscure from prominence or view
(e.g: voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate)

- (of a tooth) come into contact with another tooth in the opposite jaw
(e.g: in monkeys and apes, the upper canine occludes with the lower first premolar)

- (of a solid) absorb and retain (a gas or impurity)
(e.g: occluded within these crystals are other molecules)


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Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin occludere ‘shut up’