Occlude

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Occlude \Oc*clude"\, v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see
     {Ob-}) + claudere to shut.]
     1. To shut up; to close. --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  occlude
       v : block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct},
            {obturate}, {impede}, {jam}, {block}, {close up}] [ant:
           {free}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "occlude":
     bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, block, block up,
     blockade, bolt, button, button up, chock, choke, choke off, clap,
     clog, close, close off, close tight, close up, congest, constrict,
     contain, contract, cover, crowd, debar, dog, fasten, fold, fold up,
     jam, key, latch, lock, lock out, lock up, obstruct, pack, padlock,
     plug, plumb, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, shut, shut off,
     shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up, slam, snap, squeeze,
     squeeze shut, stifle, stop, stop up, stopper, strangle,
     strangulate, suffocate, zip up, zipper
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)