occlude
verb
[ əˈkluːd ]
• stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage).
• "thick make-up can occlude the pores"
Similar:
block,
block up,
stop,
stop up,
obstruct,
clog,
clog up,
close,
shut,
fill,
bung up,
choke,
seal,
plug,
• (of a tooth) come into contact with another tooth in the opposite jaw.
• "in monkeys and apes, the upper canine occludes with the lower first premolar"
• (of a solid) absorb and retain (a gas or impurity).
• "occluded within these crystals are other molecules"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin occludere ‘shut up’.
