Secrete developed in the mid-18th century as an alteration of a now obsolete verb secret. That verb had the meaning now carried by secrete and derived from the familiar noun secret …

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.

If you secrete something somewhere, you hide it there so that nobody will find it.

Definition of secrete verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

3 days ago · secrete (third-person singular simple present secretes, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted) (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.)

To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland: secrete hormones. [Back-formation from secretion.]

secrete meaning, definition, what is secrete: if a part of an animal or plant secretes...: Learn more.

Some common synonyms of secrete are bury, conceal, hide, and screen. While all these words mean "to withhold or withdraw from sight," secrete suggests a depositing in a place unknown …

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