Associations to the word «Secreting»

Wiktionary

SECRETE, adjective. (obsolete) (rare) separated
SECRETE, verb. (physiology) (transitive) (of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
SECRETE, verb. Figurative uses
SECRETE, verb. (transitive) To conceal.
SECRETE, verb. (transitive) With away, to steal.

Dictionary definition

SECRETE, verb. Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream".
SECRETE, verb. Place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats