occlude
IPA: ʌkɫˈud
verb
- (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
- (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
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Examples of "occlude" in Sentences
- Drainage is occluded.
- This is known as an occluded front.
- Anything more would occlude the map.
- This will occlude the brachial artery.
- Money seems to occlude self evident truths.
- The sun is often occluded during the monsoon season.
- An annular knife is pulled through an occluded artery.
- Occasionally, cyclogenesis will re occur with occluded cyclones.
- A Lunar eclipse is when the moon is occluded by the Earth's shadow.
- This whole issue is occluded by partisanship and accusations of tagteaming.