obturate

ob·tu·rate

O0017100 (ŏb′tə-rāt′, -tyə-)tr.v. ob·tu·rat·ed, ob·tu·rat·ing, ob·tu·rates To close or obstruct.

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[Latin obtūrāre, obtūrāt-; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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ob′tu·ra′tion n.

obturate

(ˈɒbtjʊəˌreɪt) vb (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to stop up (an opening, esp the breech of a gun)[C17: from Latin obtūrāre to block up, of obscure origin] ˌobtuˈration n ˈobtuˌrator n

ob•tu•rate

(ˈɒb təˌreɪt, -tyə-)

v.t. -rat•ed, -rat•ing. to stop up; close. [1550–60; < Latin obtūrātus, past participle of obtūrāre to block, stop up] ob`tu•ra′tion, n. ob′tu•ra`tor, n.

obturate

Past participle: obturated
Gerund: obturating

Imperative
obturate
obturate

Present
I obturate
you obturate
he/she/it obturates
we obturate
you obturate
they obturate

Preterite
I obturated
you obturated
he/she/it obturated
we obturated
you obturated
they obturated

Present Continuous
I am obturating
you are obturating
he/she/it is obturating
we are obturating
you are obturating
they are obturating

Present Perfect
I have obturated
you have obturated
he/she/it has obturated
we have obturated
you have obturated
they have obturated

Past Continuous
I was obturating
you were obturating
he/she/it was obturating
we were obturating
you were obturating
they were obturating

Past Perfect
I had obturated
you had obturated
he/she/it had obturated
we had obturated
you had obturated
they had obturated

Future
I will obturate
you will obturate
he/she/it will obturate
we will obturate
you will obturate
they will obturate

Future Perfect
I will have obturated
you will have obturated
he/she/it will have obturated
we will have obturated
you will have obturated
they will have obturated

Future Continuous
I will be obturating
you will be obturating
he/she/it will be obturating
we will be obturating
you will be obturating
they will be obturating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been obturating
you have been obturating
he/she/it has been obturating
we have been obturating
you have been obturating
they have been obturating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been obturating
you will have been obturating
he/she/it will have been obturating
we will have been obturating
you will have been obturating
they will have been obturating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been obturating
you had been obturating
he/she/it had been obturating
we had been obturating
you had been obturating
they had been obturating

Conditional
I would obturate
you would obturate
he/she/it would obturate
we would obturate
you would obturate
they would obturate

Past Conditional
I would have obturated
you would have obturated
he/she/it would have obturated
we would have obturated
you would have obturated
they would have obturated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

obturate - block passage through; "obstruct the path"occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, blockblock off, blockade - obstruct access tobarricado, barricade - block off with barricadesbarricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"block out, screen - prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight"earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslidebarricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"