stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage)

thick make-up can occlude the pores

hide or obscure from prominence or view

voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate

they were occluding the waterfront with a wall of buildings

(of a tooth) come into contact with another tooth in the opposite jaw

in monkeys and apes, the upper canine occludes with the lower first premolar

(of a solid) absorb and retain (a gas or impurity)

occluded within these crystals are other molecules