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occlude

/əˈkluːd/

occlude verb: to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).

Verb

occlude (third-person singular simple present occludes, present participle occluding, simple past and past participle occluded)

  1. (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
    • His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror.2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 301
  2. (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

occlude meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

occlude in Tamil

அடை, இருக்கிப் பொறுத்து, தடு, நெருக்கிப் பொறுத்து, உட்கவர்

occlude in Urdu

آڑے آنا, کاٹنا, روکنا

occlude in Bengali

ঢেকে দেওয়া, বা অন্যভাবে বন্ধ করা, শোষণ করা

occlude in Malayalam

stop (up), block (up), obstruct
തടയുക, അടയ്ക്കുക, തടസ്സമുണ്ടാക്കുക, തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക, പ്രതിബന്ധമുണ്ടാക്കുക, സ്തംഭിപ്പിക്കുക
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occlude in Kannada
ತಡೆ, ಮುಚ್ಚು

Forms of occlude

third-person singular presentoccludes
present participleoccluding
past participleoccluded
pastoccluded

Origin of occlude

Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).

Words formed from occlude

Questions about occlude

What does occlude mean?
Occlude means to obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
What is occlude in Tamil?
Occlude in Tamil is அடை, இருக்கிப் பொறுத்து, தடு. See Occlude meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is occlude?
Occlude is a verb.
How do you pronounce occlude?
Occlude is pronounced /əˈkluːd/.
What is the past tense of occlude?
The past tense of occlude is occluded.

Words near occlude in the dictionary

  1. Occitano-
  2. Occitans
  3. occludable
  4. occludant
  5. occludants
  6. occlude
  7. occluded
  8. occluded front
  9. occluded fronts
  10. occludent
  11. occludents

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: occlude (page history and authors); occlude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occlude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occlude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occlude (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); occlude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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