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- Dictionarysecrete/sɪˈkriːt/
verb
- 1. conceal; hide: "the assets had been secreted in Swiss bank accounts"
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SECRETE definition: 1. (of animals or plants or their cells) to produce and release a liquid: 2. to put something in a…. Learn more.
The meaning of SECRETE is to form and give off (a secretion). How to use secrete in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Secrete.
SECRETE meaning: 1. (of animals or plants or their cells) to produce and release a liquid: 2. to put something in a…. Learn more.
Secrete definition: to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion. . See examples of SECRETE used in a sentence.
1. verb. If part of a plant, animal, or human secretes a liquid, it produces it. The sweat glands secrete water. [VERB noun] Synonyms: give off, emit, emanate, exude More Synonyms of secrete. 2. verb. If you secrete something somewhere, you hide it there so that nobody will find it. [literary] She secreted the gun in the kitchen cabinet.
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.
secrete - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
secrete something (in something) (formal) to hide something, especially something small. The drugs were secreted in the lining of his case.
Definition of secrete verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Secrete definition: To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland.
