Definitions of secrete [ɪˈkrit]

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Definition of 'secrete'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) secrete
to discharge, generate, or release by secretion.

2. (v.t.) secrete
to place out of sight; hide.

Etymology: (1735–45; alter. of obs. secret, v. use of secret)

Definition of 'secrete'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) secrete, release
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
"secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"

2. (verb) secrete
place out of sight; keep secret
"The money was secreted from his children"

Definition of 'secrete'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) secrete
to deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self

2. (verb) secrete
to separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion

Translation of 'secrete'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (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.
Afrikaans: afskei	Arabic: يُفْرِز	Bulgarian: физиол. отделям
Brazilian: segregar	Czech: vylučovat	German: absondern
Danish: udskille	Greek: εκκρίνω	Spanish: secretar, segregar
Estonian: eritama	Farsi: ترشح كردن	Finnish: erittää
French: sécréter	Hebrew: לְהַפרִיש	Hindi: स्रावित करना
Croatian: izlučivati	Hungarian: kiválaszt	Indonesian: menghasilkan
Icelandic: gefa frá sér	Italian: secernere	Japanese: 分泌する
Korean: 분비하다	Lithuanian: išskirti	Latvian: izdalīt
Malay: merembeskan	Dutch: afscheiden	Norwegian: utskille, av-/utsondre
Polish: wydzielać	Persian: ترشح كردن	Pashto: پټول، پوښول،ايستل، بهول،
Portuguese: segregar	Romanian: a secreta	Russian: выделять
Slovak: vylučovať	Slovenian: izločati	Serbian: izlučivati
Swedish: av-, utsöndra	Thai: ขับ	Turkish: salgılamak
Taiwanese: 分泌	Ukrainian: виділяти	Urdu: خون سے کسی مائع کو نکالنا
Vietnamese: bài tiết	Chinese: 分泌
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