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See secrète

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-secrete.ogg

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-iːt|-iːt

Verb

Of organs: to produce and emit (bodily fluids).

Translations

Dutch:
Finnish:
German: ausscheiden, aussondern, absondern

Greek: {{t+|el|κρύβω|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|καταχωνιάζω|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|εκκρίνω|sc=Grek}}
Japanese: {{t-|ja|分泌|alt=分泌する|tr=bunpitsu suru|sc=Jpan}}
Telugu: స్రవించు (sraviMchu)

Etymology 2

Alteration of obsolete verb sense of secret

Verb

To conceal.
To steal.
: The royal jewels were secreted away in the middle of the night, sub rosa.

Translations

Finnish: ,
French: ,

Japanese: {{t-|ja|秘密|alt=秘密にする|tr=himitsu ni suru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|隠す|tr=kakusu|sc=Jpan}}

Finnish: varastaa, kähveltää

French: ,

: verbergen (1), verstoppen (1), wegstoppen (1), ontvreemden (2), stelen (2), verduisteren (2), ontfutselen (2)
: secretear
: klänön

Category:Bodily fluids ----

Italian

Adjective

secrete

Feminine plural form of secreto

Verb

secrete

{{form of|feminine|Feminine plural|secreto}}

Category:Italian adjective forms Category:Italian past participle forms

io:secrete pl:secrete ru:secrete fi:secrete ta:secrete te:secrete vi:secrete zh:secrete

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the
process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a
secretion. See Secretion.
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Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another
urea, and so on, we do not know. --Carpenter.
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Syn: To conceal; hide. See Conceal.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet secrete
v 1: generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete
digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood
stream" [syn: release]
2: place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted
from his children"

Moby Dictionary
accumulate , amass , backlog , bosom , bottle up , bury , cache ,
camouflage , classify , cloak , collect , conceal , cover , cumulate ,
deposit , discharge , disguise , drain , dribble , drip , drop , effuse ,
egest , eliminate , emanate , embosom , emit , ensconce , enshroud ,
excrete , extravasate , exudate , exude , file and forget , garner ,
garner up , gather into barns , generate , give off , give out ,
heap up , hide , hide away , hoard , hoard up , hold , hold out on ,
in petto , keep , keep back , keep between us , keep buttoned up ,
keep close , keep dark , keep from , keep hidden , keep in ignorance ,
keep mum , keep secret , keep snug , keep under wraps , lactate ,
lay up , leak , lock up , make no sign , mask , never let on ,
not give away , not tell , ooze , pass , pile up , plant , play dumb ,
produce , put away , put up , release , run , save , save up , screen ,
seal up , secern , seep , shroud , squirrel , squirrel away , stash ,
stock up , stockpile , store away , store up , stow away , tear ,
transude , treasure , treasure up , trickle , veil , water , weep ,
withhold , yield