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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.
SECRETE meaning: 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.
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 something (in something) (formal) to hide something, especially something small. The drugs were secreted in the lining of his case.
secrete - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
Secrete definition: to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion. . See examples of SECRETE used in a sentence.
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.
se•crete1 /sɪˈkrit/ v. [ ~ + object], -cret•ed, -cret•ing. Physiology to give off or produce (a chemical substance): The pituitary gland secretes a growth hormone. se•crete2 /sɪˈkrit/ v. [ ~ + object], -cret•ed, -cret•ing. to place out of sight; hide: He quickly secreted the disk in his desk drawer.
secrete meaning, definition, what is secrete: if a part of an animal or plant secretes...: Learn more.
