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- Dictionarysecrete/sɪˈkriːt/
verb
- 1. conceal; hide: "the assets had been secreted in Swiss bank accounts"
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SECRETE definition: 1. (of animals or plants or their cells) to produce and release a liquid: 2. to put something in a…. Learn more.
The meaning of SECRETE is to form and give off (a secretion). How to use secrete in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Secrete.
If you secrete something somewhere, you hide it there so that nobody will find it.
SECRETE meaning: 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.
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.
1. To conceal in a hiding place; cache: "He secreted valuables away in cupboards and beneath the mattress" (Michael Crummey). See Synonyms at hide 1. 2. To steal secretly; filch. [Probably alteration of obsolete secret, from secret .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
secrete something (in something) (formal) to hide something, especially something small. The drugs were secreted in the lining of his case.
Definition of secrete verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Secrete definition: To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland.
