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Occlude

To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).

📖 Definitions of "Occlude"

verb

1
To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
2
To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

🔄 Synonyms of "Occlude"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
impedeverb	(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
close upverb	(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.

↔️ Antonyms of "Occlude"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
freenoun	(social) Unconstrained.
disengageverb	(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Occlude"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
impedeverb	(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
close upverb	(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
blockverb	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
jamverb	To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
shutverb	(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
freezeverb	(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
obturateverb	To block up or obstruct.
chokeverb	(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
close downverb	(ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
choke upverb	(intransitive) To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
becloseverb	(transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
intercloseverb	(transitive, obsolete) To shut in; to enclose.
hedgenoun	(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
clog upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To block something completely and physically.
shut inverb	(transitive) To confine.
foul	Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
portcullisnoun	A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.
overwhelmverb	To overpower emotionally.
clognoun	A blockage.