occlude

Meaning

  1. To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
  2. To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈkluːd/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).

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