SECRETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secrete mean? 

• SECRETE (verb)
  The verb SECRETE has 2 senses:

1. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

2. place out of sight; keep secret

  Familiarity information: SECRETE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they secrete    ... he / she / it secretes   
Past simple: secreted   
Past participle: secreted   
-ing form: secreting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

release; secrete

Context example:

release a hormone into the blood stream

Hypernyms (to "secrete" is one way to...):

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "secrete"):

water (secrete or form water, as tears or saliva)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

secretion (the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance)

secretor (any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place out of sight; keep secret

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The money was secreted from his children

Hypernyms (to "secrete" is one way to...):

conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

secretive (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information)

 Context examples 

These TH17 cells secrete a molecule, IL-17, that can have toxic effects on blood vessels.

(Hold the salt: gut reaction may impair the brains of mice, National Institutes of Health)

The bacteria help to kill the insect and, importantly, secrete the antibiotic to keep competing bacteria away.

(A New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A finding indicating that an excess amount of metanephrine is secreted by a tumor.

(Metanephrine-Secreting, NCI Thesaurus)

It secretes mineralocorticoids, androgens, and glucocorticoids.

(Adrenal cortex, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Tumor cells, such as small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells, express and secrete BLP that activate specific cell growth-promoting receptors.

(Monoclonal Antibody 2A11, NCI Thesaurus)

A Virginia Tech research team discovered that the olive-derived compound oleuropein helps the body secrete more insulin, a central signaling molecule in the body that controls metabolism.

(Health Benefits of Olives and Olive Oil, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Bacteria are known to communicate with each other by secreting chemicals.

(Bacteria change behavior to tackle tiny obstacle course, National Science Foundation)

Her work revealed that FLP-7 was indeed secreted from neurons in the brain in response to elevated serotonin levels.

(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The muscle cells secreted interleukins 4 and 13, cellular proteins that stimulated the cancer cells to produce two additional proteins, annexin A5 and syncytin 1, which triggered the cancer cells to fuse together.

(Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, National Institutes of Health)

The cells also react to TGF-beta by changing their shapes and secreting proteins that alter neuronal activity.

(Scientists uncover nuclear process in the brain that may affect disease, NIH)