'Secreting' definitions:
Definition of 'Secreting'
From: GCIDE
- Secrete \Se*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Secreting.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete, Discreet.]
- 1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. [1913 Webster]
- Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know. --Carpenter. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To conceal; hide. See Conceal. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Secreting'
- In secret,
- Secret,
- Secrete,
- Secreted,
- Secretion,
- Secretive,
- Secretiveness,
- Secretly,
- Secretness,
- secreter,
- secretively,
- Foot secretion,
- Paralytic secretion,
- Secret Service,
- Top secret,
- internal secretion,
- lachrymal secretion,
- lacrimal secretion,
- mucous secretion,
- open secret,
- secret agent,
- secret approval,
- secret ballot,
- secret code,
- secret language,
- secret place,
- secret plan,
- secret police,
- secret society,
- secret writing,
- trade secret,
- secret intelligence service,
- top-secret,
- us secret service,
- united states secret service,
- armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia