occlude

Verb

Synonyms: obstruct obturate impede jam block close up

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

block passage through“obstruct the path”Synonyms: obstruct obturate impede jam block close up

Webster's Dictionary (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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

occlude

<programming> (Or "shadow") To make a variable inaccessible by declaring another with the same name within the scope of the first.

(1995-12-14)