Synonyms for secrete
sɪˈkritse·crete

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1. secrete

   Hide is the general term, including all the rest, signifying to put out of sight or beyond ready observation or approach; a thing may be hidden by intention, by accident, or by the imperfection of the faculties of the one from whom it is hidden; in their games, children hide the slipper, or hide themselves from each other; a man unconsciously hides a picture from another by standing before it, or hides a thing from himself by laying something else over it. Even an unconscious object may hide another; as, a cloud hides the sun, or a building hides some part of the prospect by intervening between it and the observer's position. As an act of persons, to conceal is always intentional; one may hide his face in anger, grief, or abstraction; he conceals his face when he fears recognition. A house is hidden by foliage; the bird's nest is artfully concealed. Secrete is a stronger word than conceal, and is used chiefly of such material objects as may be separated from the person, or from their ordinary surroundings, and put in unlooked-for places; a man conceals a scar on his face, but does not secrete it; a thief secretes stolen goods; an officer may also be said to secrete himself to watch the thief. A thing is covered by putting something over or around it, whether by accident or design; it is screened by putting something before it, always with some purpose of protection from observation, inconvenience, attack, censure, etc. In the figurative use, a person may hide honorable feelings; he conceals an evil or hostile intent. Anything which is effectually covered and hidden under any mass or accumulation is buried. Money is buried in the ground; a body is buried in the sea; a paper is buried under other documents. Whatever is buried is hidden or concealed; but there are many ways of hiding or concealing a thing without burying it. So a person may be covered with wraps, and not buried under them. Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body. Figuratively, one may be said to be buried in business, in study, etc. Compare IMMERSE; PALLIATE.

   Synonyms:
   bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, suppress, veil

   Antonyms:
   admit, advertise, avow, betray, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil

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1. secrete

   Synonyms:
   hide, conceal

   Antonyms:
   expose, publish, manifest, exhibit, disclose

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1. secrete, releaseverb

   generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

   "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"

   Synonyms:
   turn, exhaust, unloose, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, expel, free, discharge, release, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, bring out, issue, eject

2. secreteverb

   place out of sight; keep secret

   "The money was secreted from his children"

   Synonyms:
   release

Matched Categories

1. • Exude
   • Hide

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1. secreteverb

   Synonyms:
   hide, conceal, shroud, bury

2. secreteverb

   Synonyms:
   separate (as from blood or sap)

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1. secreteverb

   Synonyms:
   bury, hide, conceal, shroud, disguise, cloak

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1. List of paraphrases for "secrete":

   excrete

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1. Megan Fox:

   I was in a row with Bieber and Trump was also in my row. I’d never seen the Secret Service in person before so he had like 30 Secrete Service with him. He was a legend. That arena was very supportive of Trump when he came in.

2. Eric Hawkins:

   We need to examine the role and responsibility of law enforcement and other state agencies that protect people... it's fair for that examination. We expect it, but it's also important that people understand that sometimes it's not as easy, not as obvious, at the very outset or during the course of the investigation, to resolve these sorts of incidents. You have people absolutely determined to secrete a child away unlawfully, hiding under a staircase, giving limited access to the home, and otherwise evasive in terms of cooperation. Having someone who's that determined, and( police) don't have legal justification to do certain things, it makes it difficult to resolve cases.

3. Mary Jane Minkin:

   Besides hCG, the body doesn’t secrete anything in the urine that would give you a clue that you’re having a baby, so if the test doesn’t measure hCG specifically, and no natural method does, it’s not going to prove anything.

4. Cora Collette Breuner:

   We don’t secrete melatonin to help us sleep when we’re staring at light.

5. Cora Collette Breuner:

   Devices should be off and charging away from the bed, whether it’s in the kitchen or another room besides the bedroom, we don’t secrete melatonin to help us sleep when we’re staring at light.