Definition of secrete Secrete

/sɪkɹiˈt/ - [sikreet] - se•crete

We found 11 definitions of secrete from 6 different sources.

What does secrete mean?

Verb secretes, secreting, secreted
secrete - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
		release
		exudate, ooze out, transude, exude, ooze release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
		water secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
secrete - place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"
		conceal, hide hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well"

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secrete (Verb)
To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
secrete (Verb)
To conceal.
secrete (Verb)
With away, to steal.
secrete (Adjective)
separated.

secrete (v. t.)
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
secrete (v. t.)
To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.

secrete
sē-krēt′, v.t. to make secret: to hide: to conceal: to produce from the circulating fluids, as the blood in animals, the sap in vegetables.—adj. separate, distinct.—n.pl. Sēcrē′ta, the products of secretion.—n. Sēcrē′tion, the act of secreting or separating from a circulating fluid: that which is so secreted.—adj. Sēcrē′tional.—n. Sē′cretist, a dealer in secrets.—adjs. Sēcreti′tious, produced by secretion; Sēcrē′tive, tending to, or causing, secretion: given to secrecy or to keeping secrets.—adv. Sēcrē′tively.—ns. Sēcrē′tiveness, a phrenological organ supposed to indicate a turn for secrecy and concealment; Sēcrē′tor, a secreting organ.—adj. Sēcrē′tory, performing the office of secretion.—Secreting glands, true glands; Secreting organs, certain specialised organs of plants. [L. secernĕre, secretum.]

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