- occlude⇄occlude, verb, -cluded,-cluding.
- occlude⇄v.i. (Dentistry.) to meet closely in proper positions.
Ex. The teeth in the upper jaw and those in the lower jaw should occlude. - occlude⇄v.t. 1. to stop up (as a passage or pores); close.
2. to shut in, out, or off.
Ex. The rain, in a grey occluding storm, thrashed the windows (Eric Linklater).
3. (Chemistry.) to absorb and retain (gases and other substances).
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