Secrete developed in the mid-18th century as an alteration of a now obsolete verb secret. That verb had the meaning now carried by secrete and derived from the familiar noun secret ("something kept …

SECRETE definition: 1. (of animals or plants or their cells) to produce and release a liquid: 2. to put something in a…. Learn more.

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.

To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland: secrete hormones. [Back-formation from secretion.]

If you secrete something somewhere, you hide it there so that nobody will find it.

Definition of secrete verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

5 days ago · Verb secrete (third-person singular simple present secretes, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted) (transitive) To conceal.

He secreted [= hid] the money under the mattress.

secrete meaning, definition, what is secrete: if a part of an animal or plant secretes...: Learn more.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): secrete v 1: generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" [syn: secrete, release] 2: place out of sight; keep …