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- Dictionarysecrete/sɪˈkriːt/
verb
- 1. conceal; hide: "the assets had been secreted in Swiss bank accounts"
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(of animals or plants or their cells) to produce and release a liquid: Saliva is a liquid secreted by glands in or near the mouth. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Physical & chemical processes. absorbable. absorptive capacity. absorptivity. acidification. aerate. endothermic reaction. excitability. excitation. excite. exergonic.
1. : to deposit or conceal in a hiding place. 2. : to appropriate secretly : abstract. Did you know? If you guessed that the secret to the origins of secrete is the word secret, you are correct. Secrete developed in the mid-18th century as an alteration of a now obsolete verb secret.
to put something in a place where it is unlikely to be found: He was arrested at the airport with two pounds of heroin secreted in his clothing. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of secrete from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
1. [ si- kreet ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing. to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion. secrete. 2. [ si- kreet ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing. to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
Secrete is all about secrets. It means both "to hide" and "to release." When you squeeze a lemon, it secretes juice. When you stuff your money in a mattress, you secrete it there.
Definition of 'secrete' Word Frequency. secrete. (sɪkriːt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense secretes , present participle secreting , past tense, past participle secreted. 1. verb. If part of a plant, animal, or human secretes a liquid, it produces it. The sweat glands secrete water. [VERB noun]
1. To conceal in a hiding place; cache: "He secreted valuables away in cupboards and beneath the mattress" (Michael Crummey). See Synonyms at hide 1. 2. To steal secretly; filch. [Probably alteration of obsolete secret, from secret .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
