occlude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occlude	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for occlude
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occlude v block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] Antonym(s): disengage, free
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occlude \Occlude"\, v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see {Ob-}) + claudere to shut.] 1. To shut up; to close. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude* large volumes of hydrogen.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
occlude (Or "shadow") To make a variable inaccessible by declaring another with the same name within the {scope} of the first. (1995-12-14)