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Thesaurus: secrete

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

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  1. v. t. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
  2. v. t. To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
  3. v. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  4. v. place out of sight; keep secret
  5. 1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self. 2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter. Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See Conceal.
  6. To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process ofsecretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, wedo not known. Carpenter.
  7. v:100 v. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids v. place out of sight; keep secret