occlude
verb (used with object)
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
occluded
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past participleof occlude.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof occlude.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
occludeverb (used with object)to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t want my vision for the novel to be occluded by anything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
Ms. Kiri, who is on camera almost nonstop and is in close-up much of the time, expertly holds our attention as her character’s skepticism about the paranormal world becomes increasingly occluded by worry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Just a few rows back from the front of the stage, I watched as patches of brown, well-trodden grass — once largely visible minutes earlier — became steadily occluded by hundreds of feet.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2024
Some machine-learning approaches employ generative AI models that try to guess what lies in the occluded regions, but these models can hallucinate objects that aren't really there.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
I wished still to cry, and attempted it again; and once again, my effort failed, all tears occluded.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
