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occluded

occluded is the simple past and past participle of occlude.

Adjective

occluded

  1. closed or obstructed
  2. forced upwards by colder, denser air

Meaning of occlude

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.

Words formed from occluded

Phrases with occluded

Questions about occluded

What does occluded mean?
Occluded means closed or obstructed.
What is occluded the simple past and past participle of?
Occluded is the simple past and past participle of occlude.
What part of speech is occluded?
Occluded is an adjective.

Words near occluded in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occluded (page history and authors); occlude (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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