occlude

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈkluːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #159327

Meanings

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verb
To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).

His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror.

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Word family

Forms occluded

Derived forms maloccludenonoccludedoccludableoccluderoccludinre-occludereoccludereoccludedunoccluded

Related forms disoccludedisocclusionocclusalocclusionocclusivepostoccludedpreoccluded

Etymology

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

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Actions & Processes

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