- to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
- to shut in, out, or off.
- (of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption.
- to shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together.
- to form an occluded front.
- to block or stop up (a passage or opening); obstruct
- to prevent the passage of
- (of a solid) to incorporate (a substance) by absorption or adsorption
- to form or cause to form an occluded front
- to produce or cause to produce occlusion, as in chewing
