Occlude \Oc*clude"\, v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see
Ob-) + claudere to shut.]
1. To shut up; to close. --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said
especially with respect to gases; as, iron, platinum, and
palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
occlude
v : block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, jam, block, close up] [ant:
free]
WordNet (r) 2.0
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "occlude":
bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, block, block up,
blockade, bolt, button, button up, chock, choke, choke off, clap,
clog, close, close off, close tight, close up, congest, constrict,
contain, contract, cover, crowd, debar, dog, fasten, fold, fold up,
jam, key, latch, lock, lock out, lock up, obstruct, pack, padlock,
plug, plumb, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, shut, shut off,
shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up, slam, snap, squeeze,
squeeze shut, stifle, stop, stop up, stopper, strangle,
strangulate, suffocate, zip up, zipper
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
occlude
(Or "shadow") To make a variable inaccessible by
declaring another with the same name within the scope of the
first.
(1995-12-14)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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