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secretesecrete /sɪˈkrit/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYsecreteOrigin: (1) 1700-1800 secretion (2) 1700-1800 ➔ SECRET1 VERB TABLEsecrete |
| Present | I, you, we, they | secrete | | he, she, it | secretes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | secreted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have secreted | | he, she, it | has secreted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had secreted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will secrete | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have secreted |
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| Present | I | am secreting | | he, she, it | is secreting | | you, we, they | are secreting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was secreting | | you, we, they | were secreting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been secreting | | he, she, it | has been secreting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been secreting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be secreting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been secreting |
THESAURUS to deliberately put or keep something in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found► hide to deliberately put or keep something in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found: Marcia hid the pictures in the back of the closet. ► cover (up) to put something over something else in order to hide it: He quickly covered the unwrapped presents with a blanket. ► conceal formal to hide something carefully: Several pounds of cocaine were concealed in the trunk of the car. ► secrete formal to hide something in a secret place. Used especially in writing: The money had been secreted somewhere within the house. ► disguise to make someone or something look different so that other people do not recognize him, her, or it: The security camera is disguised as a rock so you don’t even notice it. ► camouflage to hide something by making it look the same as the things around it: The soldiers were camouflaged in green and brown and nearly disappeared in the forest. 1science, biology if a part of an animal or plant secretes a substance, it produces that substance: The toad’s skin secretes a deadly poison. → see also excrete2formal to hide something SYN hide: The money had been secreted in a Swiss bank account.► see thesaurus at hide1 |