secrete
Verb
Verb Forms: secreted, secreting, secretes
- To produce and discharge a substance from a cell or gland.
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- "secrete digestive juices"
- place out of sight; keep secret
- "The money was secreted from his children"
- To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- To exude or yield.
- To conceal.
Adj
- Separated.
- Archaic form of secret.
Examples
- His brain seemed to secrete winning words under pressure, much to his opponent’s dismay.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1678: from Latin sēcrētus (“[having been] separated”).
Scrabble Score: 9
secrete: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsecrete: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
secrete: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
secrete: valid Words With Friends Word