secrete

[si-kreet]

verb (used with object), se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing.

to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion.

Origin of secrete

First recorded in 1700–10; back formation from secretion

secrete

[si-kreet]

verb (used with object), se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing.

to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.

Origin of secrete

1735–45; alteration of obsolete secret, v. use of secret

Synonyms for secrete

cover, shroud, disguise. See hide¹.

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Related Words for secreting

stow, stash, perspire, excrete, plant, cache, secure, shroud, conceal, veil, screen, whitewash, cover, stonewall, withhold, disguise, paper, deposit, seclude, ensconce

Examples from the Web for secreting

Historical Examples of secreting

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
The Lock And Key Library
Various
Again he glances inquiringly around, with a view to secreting the corpse.
The Death Shot
Mayne Reid
The remainder of the tree takes the position or place of secreting.
Philosophy of Osteopathy
Andrew T. Still
Still, if detected in secreting or feeding me, he would be hanged from his own door-post.
With Fire and Sword
Samuel H. M. Byers
What a mercy it was that she had thought of secreting it like this!
True Stories of Girl Heroines
Evelyn Everett-Green

British Dictionary definitions for secreting

secrete

verb

(of a cell, organ, etc) to synthesize and release (a secretion)

Derived Formssecretor, noun

Word Origin for secrete

C18: back formation from secretion

secrete

verb

(tr) to put in a hiding place

Word Origin for secrete

C18: variant of obsolete secret to hide away; see secret (n)

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Word Origin and History for secreting

secrete

1707, back-formation from secretion. Related: Secreted; secretes; secreting.

secreting in Medicine

secrete

[sĭ-krēt′]

v.

To generate and release a substance from a cell or a gland.

secreting in Science

secrete

[sĭ-krēt′]

To produce and discharge a substance, especially from the cells of specialized glands. For example, the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin.