OCCLUDE
- to close or stop up [v OCCLUDED, OCCLUDES, OCCLUDING]
- (of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption
- to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.)
- to shut in, out, or off
- to shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together
- to form an occluded front