Meaning of OBTURATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'âbtu`reyt
|
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [v] block passage through; "obstruct the path" |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | disengage, free | | |
| | See Also: | | asphyxiate, back up, bar, barricade, barricado, block off, block out, block up, blockade, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, dam, dam up, earth up, foul, hinder, land up, screen, suffocate, tie up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Ob"tu*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obturated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obturating}.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.]
To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance), to stop
(a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
|
| |
|
|