secrete

se·crete ¹  (s-krt)

tr.v. se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cret·es

To generate and separate (a substance) from cells or bodily fluids: secrete digestive juices.

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[Back-formation from secretion¹.]

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secrete ¹

Verb

[-creting, -creted] (of a cell, organ, or gland) to produce and release (a substance)

secretory [sik-reet-or-ee]

Adjective

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secrete ²

Verb

[-creting, -creted] to put in a hiding place [variant of obsolete secret to hide away]

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secrete  (s-krt)

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.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	secrete - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" release exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" water - secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
	2.	secrete - place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children" conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

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secrete ¹

verb give off, emit, emanate, exude, extrude

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secrete ²

verb hide, conceal, stash (informal) cover, screen, secure, bury, harbour, disguise, veil, shroud, stow, cache, stash away (informal) << OPPOSITE display

Translations

secrete [sɪˈkriːt] vt (MED, ANAT, BIO) → secretar (= hide); ocultar, esconder

secrete [sɪˈkriːt] vt (Anat), (Biol), (Med) → sécréter (= hide); cacher

secrete [sɪˈkriːt] vt (Anat, Biol, Med) → absondern;

(hide) → verbergen

secrete [sɪˈkriːt] vt (MED, ANAT, BIOL) → secernere (= hide); nascondere

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secrete

v secrete [siˈkriːt]

1 (of a gland or similar organ of the body) to separate (a fluid) from the blood, store it, and give it out The liver secretes bile.afskeiيُفْرِزфизиол. отделямvylučovatudskilleabsondernεκκρίνωsecretar, segregareritamaترشح كردنerittääsécréterלְהַפרִישस्रावित करनाizlučivatikiválasztmenghasilkangefa frá sérsecernere分泌する...을 분비하다išskirtiizdalītmerembeskanafscheidenutskille, av-/utsondrewydzielaćsegregara secretaвыделятьvylučovaťizločatiizlučivatiav-, utsöndraขับsalgılamak分泌виділятиخون سے کسی مائع کو نکالنا اور استعمال کرنا، رسنا، ریزش پیدا کرناbài tiết分泌

2 to hide He secreted the money under his mattress.versteekيُخْفيукривамukrýtgemmeverbergenκρύβωocultar, esconderpeitmaپنهان كردنkätkeäcacherלְהַסתִירछिपानाkriti, sakrivatielrejtmenyembunyikanleynanascondere隠す...을 숨기다paslėpti[]slēptmenyorokkanverbergengjemme, skjuleukrywaćescondera scundeпрятатьschovaťskrivatiskrivatigömma undanซุกซ่อนsaklamak隱藏ховатиچھپاناcất giấu隐藏

n seˈcretion [-ʃən]

1 the process of secreting a fluid. afskeidingإفْرازотделянеvyměšováníudskillelsedie Absonderungέκκρισηsecrecióneritusترشحerityssécrétionהַפרָשָהस्रावण, स्रवणizlučivanjekiválasztásproses menghasilkanseytingsecrezione分泌분비 (작용)sekrecija, išskyrimassekrēcija, izdalīšanamerembeskanafscheidingav-/utsondringwydzielaniesecreçãosecreţieсекрецияvylučovanieizločanjelučenjeav-, utsöndringการขับsalgılama分泌секреція, виділенняریزش کا عملsự bài tiết分泌

2 a substance produced by this process Saliva and urine are secretions.afskeidingإفْراز، مادَّه مُفْرَزَهсекретvýměšeksekrætdas Sekretέκκριμαsecrecióneritisماده ترشحهeritesécrétionהַפרָשָהस्रावण से उत्पन्न पदार्थizlučevinaváladéksubstansi yang dihasilkanseytisecrezione分泌物분비물sekretas, išskyrossekrētsrembesanafscheidingsekretwydzielinasecreçãosecreţieсекрецияvýlučokizločekizlučevinasekretสารที่ขับsalgı分泌液виділенняریزشchất bài tiết分泌液