OCCLUDE


Meaning of OCCLUDE in English

v.tr. 1 stop up or close (pores or an orifice). 2 Chem. absorb and retain (gases or impurities). occluded front Meteorol. a front resulting from occlusion.

[ L occludere occlus- (as OB-, claudere shut) ]

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