occlude

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
  • (transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occludĕre root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kleh₂w-

Gloss

hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook

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