Meaning

2 senses

  1. To block up or obstruct.

    block passage through

  2. To block up or obstruct.

    To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when firing.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin obtūrātus, perfect passive participle of obtūrō, see -ate (verb-formin

Borrowed from Latin obtūrātus, perfect passive participle of obtūrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Forms

obturates, obturating, obturated, obturated
Base formobturate · to obturate
3rd person singularobturates
Present participleobturating
Past simpleobturated
Past participleobturated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyobturate
he, she, itobturates

Past simpleLesson

all personsobturated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave obturated
he, she, ithas obturated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill obturate

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedobturationobturator
Derivedunobturated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
obstructionobtainB1obtainableobtrudeobtuseobverse
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