Meanings
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1
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.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
occluded
Derived forms
maloccludenonoccludedoccludableoccluderoccludinre-occludereoccludereoccludedunoccluded
Related forms
disoccludedisocclusionocclusalocclusionocclusivepostoccludedpreoccluded
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).