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- Dictionarysecrete/sɪˈkriːt/
verb
- 1. conceal; hide: "the assets had been secreted in Swiss bank accounts"
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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 definition: 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.
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.
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.
SECRETE meaning: 1. (of animals or plants or their cells) to produce and release a liquid: 2. to put something in a…. Learn more.
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 definition: To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland.
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