Secrete

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: se=crete

CIDE DICTIONARY

Secrete, v. t. [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete, Discreet.].

•  To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.  [1913 Webster]
•  To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.  [1913 Webster]

  "Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See Conceal.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Secrete, v.tr. Biol. (of a cell, organ, etc.) produce by secretion.

Derivative

secretor n. secretory adj.

Secrete, v.tr. conceal; put into hiding.

Etymology

obs. secret (v.) f. SECRET

THESAURUS

Secrete

accumulate, amass, backlog, bosom, bottle up, bury, cache, camouflage, classify, cloak, collect, conceal, cover, cumulate, deposit, discharge, disguise, drain, dribble, drip, drop, effuse, egest, eliminate, emanate, embosom, emit, ensconce, enshroud, excrete, extravasate, exudate, exude, file and forget, garner, garner up, gather into barns, generate, give off, give out, heap up, hide, hide away, hoard, hoard up, hold, hold out on, in petto, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep hidden, keep in ignorance, keep mum, keep secret, keep snug, keep under wraps, lactate, lay up, leak, lock up, make no sign, mask, never let on, not give away, not tell, ooze, pass, pile up, plant, play dumb, produce, put away, put up, release, run, save, save up, screen, seal up, secern, seep, shroud, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, stock up, stockpile, store away, store up, stow away, tear, transude, treasure, treasure up, trickle, veil, water, weep, withhold, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

Secrete

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.

Concealment

VB conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight, lock up, seal up, bottle up, encrypt, encode, cipher, cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud, cover up one's tracks, screen from sight, screen from observation, drawing the veil, draw the curtain, close the curtain, curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over, be cloud, be mask, mask, disguise, ensconce, muffle, smother, befog, whisper, keep from, keep back, keep to oneself, keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark, bury, sink, suppress, keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight, keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background, stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve, fence with a question, ignore, keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, hold one's tongue, make no sign, not let it go further, not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about, not let the right hand know what the left is doing, hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin, keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, mystify, puzzle, bamboozle, be concealed, suffer an eclipse, retire from sight, couch, hide oneself, lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close, lie in ambush (ambush), seclude oneself, lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl, steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along, play at bopeep, play at hide and seek, hide in holes and corners, still hunt.