tr.v., -cret·ed, -cret·ing, -cret·es.

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

[Back-formation from SECRETION¹.]

se·crete² (sĭ-krēt')
tr.v., -cret·ed, -cret·ing, -cret·es.

1. To conceal in a hiding place; cache. See synonyms at hide¹.
2. To steal secretly; filch.

[Probably alteration of obsolete secret, from SECRET.]

verb

To put or keep out of sight: bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, hide¹, occult. Slang plant, stash. See show/hide.

v

Definition: give off, emit
Antonyms: absorb, fill, pour in

v

Definition: hide
Antonyms: lay bare, reveal, show, tell, uncover

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v

To discharge or empty a substance into the bloodstream or a cavity or onto the surface of the body. The substance secreted is called a secretion. Glands that secrete internally are endocrine or ductless glands; glands that secrete into a cavity or onto the surface are exocrine or duct glands.

To synthesize and release a substance.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - udskille, afsondre, udsondre

2.
v. tr. - skjule, stikke til side

Nederlands (Dutch)
afscheiden, verbergen

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - (Biol, Méd) sécréter

2.
v. tr. - cacher

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - absondern

2.
v. - verbergen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κρύβω, καταχωνιάζω, (φυσιολ.) εκκρίνω

Italiano (Italian)
secernere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - segregar

Русский (Russian)
выделять, укрывать, прятать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - secretar, segregar

2.
v. tr. - ocultar, esconder

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avsöndra, utsöndra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 隐藏, 藏匿

2. 分泌

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 分泌

2.
v. tr. - 隱藏, 藏匿

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - (기관 등이) ~을 분비하다

2.
v. tr. - 비밀로 하다, 은닉하다, 숨기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 秘密にする, 着服する, 分泌する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفرز, يخفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפריש, ייצר, הסתיר‬
v. tr. - ‮הפריש, ייצר, הסתיר‬

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