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单词 secreting
释义

secrete

1 of 2

verb (1)

se·​crete si-ˈkrēt How to pronounce secrete (audio)
secreted; secreting

transitive verb

: to form and give off (a secretion)

secrete

2 of 2

verb (2)

se·​crete si-ˈkrēt How to pronounce secrete (audio)
ˈsē-krət
secreted; secreting

transitive verb

1
: to deposit or conceal in a hiding place
2
: to appropriate secretly : abstract

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If you guessed that the secret to the origins of secrete is the word secret, you are correct. 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 hidden or unexplained"). The noun, in turn, traces back to the Latin secretus, the past participle of the verb secernere, meaning "to separate" or "to distinguish." Incidentally, there is an earlier and distinct verb secrete with the more scientific meaning "to form and give off (a secretion)." That secrete is a back-formation from secretion, another word that can be traced back to secernere.

Synonyms

Verb (2)

  • bury
  • cache
  • conceal
  • ensconce
  • hide
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Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

back-formation from secretion

Verb (2)

alteration of obsolete secret, from secret entry 1

First Known Use

Verb (1)

1693, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

secrete 1 of 2

verb

se·​crete si-ˈkrēt How to pronounce secrete (audio)
secreted; secreting
: to produce and give off as a secretion
Some glands secrete mucus.

secrete

2 of 2

verb

secreted; secreting
: to put in a hiding place

Medical Definition

secrete

transitive verb

se·​crete si-ˈkrēt How to pronounce secrete (audio)
secreted; secreting
: to form and give off (a secretion)
cells secreting mucus

secreting

verb

present participle of secrete
as in concealing
to put into a hiding place the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • concealing
  • burying
  • hiding
  • stashing
  • ensconcing
  • hoarding
  • caching
  • interring
  • entombing
  • squirrelling (away)
  • squirreling (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • displaying
  • exhibiting
  • exposing
  • uncovering
  • revealing
  • showing
  • baring
  • unmasking
  • unwrapping
  • parading
  • unearthing
  • unveiling
  • flaunting
  • disinterring
  • showing off
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