It might be occluded by some other showing object. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
To fulfill their purpose, the rectangles must occlude sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
Once on the island, mysteries unfold and occlude other mysteries. From Wordnik.com. [MOVIE REVIEW: Shutter Island, Directed by Martin Scorcese (2010)] Reference
Which is less favored by photographers because of the many trees that occlude the view. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
As a teacher of college English, I love the way you use the words "prolix" and "occlude". From Wordnik.com. [WalMart, SchmalMart] Reference
The masked shuttle was revealed when it had drawn near enough to occlude a number of stars. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
We have rapid surges of interest that occlude our memories of what we thought we knew before. From Wordnik.com. [Feuds in Obama's Wars are not just soap opera] Reference
MR. MCCURRY: There is a lot of diplomatic mumbo-jumbo that was designed to occlude -- (laughter). From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
In finely divided form it has the ability to absorb or occlude gases, especially oxygen and hydrogen. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Occasionally a dark shape would occlude the stars, then another would glide by, but Dale did not notice. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
The white moon was whole again, but now the red moon was diminishing as the black orb began to occlude it. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Thorbardin]
In a farm pond with proper fertility planktontic populations will occlude visibility at a depth of 18 inches. From Wordnik.com. [Is it safe to eat fish especially catfish from farm ponds that hold runoff from crop fields?] Reference
I have a 2 year old and their throats are itty bitty and so when it swells it doesn't take much to occlude it. From Wordnik.com. [H1N1] Reference
To fulfill their purpose, the rectangles must occlude. sunlight They would fail if they drifted edge-on to the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
I am investing in 2 tattoos, one over each breast not UNDER, because I suspect gravity will occlude their view by then. From Wordnik.com. [Email From Mother: The Living Will] Reference
After a thread reaches 20 or so posts, it's best to lock it so that it doesn't become prolix and occlude other threads. From Wordnik.com. [WalMart, SchmalMart] Reference
I've read that very hot water will swell your skin and occlude your facial hairs so don't go too crazy with the hot water. From Wordnik.com. [Wet Shaving: Sinfully Joyful] Reference
The watchmen in buildings nearby had been warned off for the time being so that their footsteps wouldn't occlude any results. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
They were deeply unsettling efforts to occlude a truth that has killed 4,000 American soldiers and untold thousands of Iraqi civilians. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Snow Expires : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
Especially nice as I motor along Vermont's quite, rural, largely hidden roads, by myself, as trees occlude the sun and shadows lengthen. From Wordnik.com. [Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Podcasting Tales of horror] Reference
Nor should anger over the excecution – however righteous or justified – occlude Britain's real interests in cordial Sino-Anglo relations. From Wordnik.com. [Dealing with China in 2010] Reference
According to well-known researches, metals such as platinum, gold, silver, and copper, which have been proved to occlude gases on fusion, and to let them escape. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
I am sure that you will agree that the MSM has its own agenda, playing sound bites which appeal our visceral feelings and occlude all semblance of logical reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [John Kerry: The "Other" Big Event Tomorrow] Reference
They occlude a lot on my back and never occlude on my leg. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes] Reference
In each case, a device known as a vascular plug was inserted to occlude the at-risk artery. From Wordnik.com. [Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines] Reference
Immediately I undergo surgery to remove the mass that has begun to occlude my lower intestines. From Wordnik.com. [MySyndicaat Feedbot: RobinGood_CommunicationAgents radar] Reference
The promises of reform swiftly occlude the spaces for criticism and formulation of alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The opposite is true, however, because the user's fingers occlude contents and prevent precision. From Wordnik.com. [Bink.nu] Reference
Or does an unrelenting hubris occlude the ability to see the truth of things in different contexts?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bilerico Project] Reference
He did not allow his formal schooling, however limited, to occlude or intercept his viable education. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Unfortunately, it's much more difficult for him to identify the things that might occlude his own vision. From Wordnik.com. [Free Frank Warner] Reference
In order to train the patient to breathe again through the larynx it is necessary to occlude the cannula. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
"There would also be fuel inefficiency as the heavy grille would occlude airflow into the engine," Warner says. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
There are a few things you notice about this work, one is that the comments get compressed and occlude one another. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
I do find it a little interesting AT&T's signal is so fragile, that holding a phone the wrong way will occlude the signal. From Wordnik.com. [MyAppleMenu] Reference
Illustration of corks used to occlude the cannula in training patients to breathe through the mouth again, before decannulation. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
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