obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(verb) block passage through; “obstruct the path”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
occlude (third-person singular simple present occludes, present participle occluding, simple past and past participle occluded)
(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
(transitive) To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc*clude", v. t. Etym: [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see Ob-) + claudere to shut.]
1. To shut up; to close. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
