Pronunciation:
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klüd, ä-Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): oc·clud·ed; oc·clud·ing
1 : to close up or block off
2 : to take up and hold by absorption or adsorption
3 : to come together with opposing surfaces in contact <the teeth do not occlude properly>
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