occlude C2 Topic:Register & Style US /əˈkluːd/ See IPA manual Freq #159327 Meanings 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”). Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # occlude **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /əˈkluːd/ **Frequency rank:** 159327 ## Meanings 1. To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.). ## Examples - His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror. ## Derived Forms - malocclude - nonoccluded - occludable - occluder - occludin - re-occlude - reocclude - reoccluded - unoccluded ## Related Forms - disocclude - disocclusion - occlusal - occlusion - occlusive - postoccluded - preoccluded ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”). ## Topics - Register & Style markdown