Secrete
21secrete — secrete1 /si kreet /, v.t., secreted, secreting. to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion. [1700 10; back formation from SECRETION] secrete2 /si kreet /, v.t., secreted, secreting. to place out of sight; hide; conceal:… …
22secrète — /seuh kret /, n. Armor. a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat. [ < F; see SECRET] * * * …
23secrete — To elaborate or produce some physiologically active substance ( e.g., enzyme, hormone, metabolite) by a cell and to deliver it into blood, body cavity, or sap, either by direct diffusion, cellular …
24secrete — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
25secrete — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hide, conceal, mask; separate, prepare, excrete. See concealment, excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hide] Syn. conceal, cover, seclude; see disguise , hide 1 . 2. [To perspire] Syn. discharge,… …
26secrete — se|crete [sıˈkri:t] v [T] [Sense: 1; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: secretion] [Sense: 2; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: SECRET1] 1.) if a part of an animal or plant secretes a liquid substance, it produces it ▪ The toad s skin secretes a deadly poison. 2.)… …
27secrete — se·crete || sɪ krɪËt v. discharge, exude; hide, conceal …
28secrete — secrete1 [sɪ kri:t] verb (of a cell, gland, or organ) produce by secretion. Derivatives secretor noun secretory adjective secrete2 [sɪ kri:t] verb conceal; hide. Origin …
29secrete — v. a. 1. Hide, conceal, shroud, bury, disguise. 2. Separate (as from blood or sap), secern …
30secrete — verb (T) technical 1 if a part of an animal or plant secretes a substance, it produces it: Hormones are secreted by various glands. see also: excrete 2 formal to hide something: McCready secreted the package inside his donkey jacket …