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  • English Word Occlude Definition To shut up; to close.
  • English Word Occlude Definition To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
  • English Word Occludent Definition Serving to close; shutting up.
  • English Word Occludent Definition That which closes or shuts up.
  • English Word Occluse Definition Shut; closed.
  • English Word Occlusion Definition The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
  • English Word Occlusion Definition The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
  • English Word Occrustate Definition To incrust; to harden.
  • English Word Occult Definition Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
  • English Word Occult Definition To eclipse; to hide from sight.
  • English Word Occultation Definition The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
  • English Word Occultation Definition Fig.: The state of being occult.
  • English Word Occulted Definition Hidden; secret.
  • English Word Occulted Definition Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
  • English Word Occulting Definition Same as Occultation.
  • English Word Occultism Definition A certain Oriental system of theosophy.
  • English Word Occultist Definition An adherent of occultism.
  • English Word Occultly Definition In an occult manner.
  • English Word Occultness Definition State or quality of being occult.
  • English Word Occupancy Definition The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation.
  • English Word Occupant Definition One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.
  • English Word Occupant Definition A prostitute.
  • English Word Occupate Definition To occupy.
  • English Word Occupation Definition The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
  • English Word Occupation Definition That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.
  • English Word Occupied Definition of Occupy
  • English Word Occupier Definition One who occupies, or has possession.
  • English Word Occupier Definition One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman.
  • English Word Occupy Definition To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
  • English Word Occupy Definition To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.