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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Secrete \Se*crete"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Secreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secreting}.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See {Secret}, and cf. {Discrete}, {Discreet}.]
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 know. --Carpenter.
Syn: To conceal; hide. See {Conceal}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
secrete
verb
1: generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" [syn: {release}]
2: place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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