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   occlude

   /əˈkluːd/

   verb

   • 1. stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage): "thick make-up can occlude the pores"
   • ▪ cover (an eye) to prevent its use: "it is placed at eye level with one eye occluded"
   • 2. hide or obscure from prominence or view: "voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate"
   • 3. (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"
   • 4. (of a solid) absorb and retain (a gas or impurity): "occluded within these crystals are other molecules"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin occludere ‘shut up’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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