to occlude pores

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• occlude — [c]/əˈklud / (say uh kloohd) verb (occluded, occluding) –verb (t) 1. to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, etc.). 2. to shut in, out, or off. 3. Chemistry (of certain metals and other solids) to absorb and retain (gases or liquids) in minute… …  

• occlude — v.tr. 1 stop up or close (pores or an orifice). 2 Chem. absorb and retain (gases or impurities). Phrases and idioms: occluded front Meteorol. a front resulting from occlusion. Etymology: L occludere occlus (as OB , claudere shut) …   Useful english dictionary

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• oc|clude — «uh KLOOD», verb, clud|ed, clud|ing. –v.t. 1. to stop up (as a passage or pores); close. 2. to shut in, out, or off: »The rain, in a grey occluding storm, thrashed the windows (Eric Linklater). 3 …   Useful english dictionary