MEANING
1. To produce and release a substance from a cell, gland, or organism.
2. To put something out of sight in a hidden place.
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Words that belong together
- secrete mucus
- secrete a toxin
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The membrane secreted a clear fluid along its folded edge.
A small gland secreted the toxin only when pressure was applied.
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Word forms
- Base
- secrete
- Past tense
- secreted
- Past participle
- secreted
- Present participle
- secreting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- secrete
- Present continuous
- am/is/are secreting
- Present perfect
- have/has secreted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been secreting
- Past
- secreted
- Past continuous
- was/were secreting
- Past perfect
- had secreted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been secreting
- Future
- will secrete
- Future continuous
- will be secreting
- Future perfect
- will have secreted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been secreting
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: secrete; secretes; secreted; secreted; secreting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: secretes.
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