secrete

[Se*crete·]

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.

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To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.

Verb
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"

Verb
place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"


v. t.
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.

v. t.
To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.


Secrete

Se*crete" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Secreting.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete, Discreet.] 1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self. 2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known.
Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See Conceal.

To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.

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Usage Examples

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

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