occult

Formsoccults, occulting, occulted

1. 1
   the supernaturalnoununcountablewith the

   Things that are supernatural, beyond the normal world.

   She has been interested in the occult since she was a teenager.

   The bookstore has a whole shelf of books about the occult.

   Similarsupernatural, paranormal

2. 2
   adjective

   About magic, star signs, and other powers beyond the natural world.

   The shop sells candles, crystals, and other occult supplies.

   Police found strange occult symbols painted on the barn walls.

   Similarsupernatural, mystical, magical, esoteric, arcane

3. 3
   undetectedadjective

   Hidden, and not yet found or noticed.

   The scan showed an occult fracture that the X-ray had missed.

   Doctors think an occult infection is causing her fever.

   Similarhidden, undetected, latent

   Oppositeovert, manifest

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4. 4
   adjective

   Too small to see, but a chemical test can find it.

   The simple test can find occult blood that you cannot see.

   The nurse said the sample showed traces of occult blood.

   Oppositevisible

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5. 5
   obscureadjective

   Hard to understand, or known only to a few people.

   The poem has an occult meaning that only a few readers understand.

   The instructions were so occult that nobody could build the desk.

   Similaresoteric, arcane, obscure, abstruse, recondite

   Oppositeclear, plain, accessible

6. 6
   block from viewverbtransitive

   To block something in the sky from view by moving in front of it.

   Next week the moon will occult a bright planet.

   For two seconds the star went dark, because a small asteroid occulted it.

   Similareclipse, obscure, cover, hide

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