The meaning of Secrete

verb

Put or hide underground.

Usage examples:

He buried the box in the back garden

verb

Place in a grave or tomb

verb

To put a dead body into the ground

Usage examples:

My father is buried in kentucky., squirrels bury nuts and dig them up later to eat them., she burie…

noun

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place.

Usage examples:

An arms cache

verb

Store away in hiding or for future use.

Usage examples:

He decided that they must cache their weapons

noun

A secret or hidden store of things, or the place where they are kept

Usage examples:

Authorities believe the robber was after a hidden cache of $2,500 kept in a box under the counter.

verb

Not allow to be seen; hide.

Usage examples:

A line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea

verb

To prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something

Usage examples:

He made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction.

verb

To not tell somebody about something that they have the right to know about

Usage examples:

Do not conceal health problems from a prospective insurer.

phrasal verb

Hide from view or knowledge

phrasal verb

To keep something unpleasant or illegal secret or hidden

Usage examples:

He accused the police of covering up for each other., they’re trying to cover up the truth.

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity.

Usage examples:

We took elaborate measures to disguise ourselves as locals

noun

A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.

Usage examples:

I put on dark glasses as a disguise

verb

(of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source).

Usage examples:

Warmth emanated from the fireplace

verb

To come from or out of

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] angry voices emanated from the next room.

verb

Produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation).

Usage examples:

Even the best cars emit carbon dioxide

Give off, send forth, or discharge

verb

(of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism).

Usage examples:

Excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney

verb

(of a fluid, especially blood) flow out from the vessel that naturally contains it into the surrounding area.

Usage examples:

Some cells may extravasate and form secondary tumours

verb

(with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily.

Usage examples:

The beetle exudes a caustic liquid

verb

To have a lot of a particular quality or feeling

Usage examples:

Sal exudes confidence., some trees exude a sap that repels insect parasites.

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

noun

A camouflaged shelter used to observe wildlife at close quarters.

Usage examples:

We expect the camera crew to sit patiently in a camouflaged hide, waiting for the wildlife to wande…

noun

The skin of an animal, especially when tanned or dressed.

Usage examples:

We'll skin them right here and preserve their hides

verb

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

Usage examples:

The nutrient is quickly leached away

verb

(of a substance) to come out of or be removed from another substance, esp. dirt, by passing water through it

verb

(of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack.

Usage examples:

The roof leaked

noun

A hole in a container or covering through which contents may accidentally pass.

Usage examples:

I checked all of the pipework for leaks

verb

(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container, or (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape

Usage examples:

[ i ] he heard the sound of dripping and saw water leaking from a pipe overhead., [ t ] the ship ra…

verb

(of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something.

Usage examples:

Blood was oozing from a wound in his scalp

noun

The sluggish flow of a fluid.

Usage examples:

I picked a fruit and watched the ooze of fig milk from the stem

noun

Wet mud or slime, especially that found at the bottom of a river, lake, or sea.

Usage examples:

Abandoned barges sunk in ooze

verb

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

Usage examples:

The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun

Agricultural and other natural products collectively.

Usage examples:

Dairy produce

verb

Bring forth or yield

verb

Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.

Usage examples:

An official confirmed the prisoners would be released

noun

The action or process of releasing or being released.

Usage examples:

A campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release

noun

A fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.

Usage examples:

The special branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses

verb

Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.

Usage examples:

Her hair swung across to screen her face

noun

A flat surface in a theater, on a television, or on a computer system on which pictures or words are shown

Usage examples:

I spend most of the day working in front of a computer screen., her ambition is to write for the sc…

idiom

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

phrasal verb

Produce, emit, or give out something.

Usage examples:

Radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses

phrasal verb

Dispatch items to a number of people.

Usage examples:

The company sent out written information about the stock

verb

Isolate or hide away.

Usage examples:

She is sequestered in deepest dorset

noun

Another term for sequestrate.

Usage examples:

Their property was sequestered by parliament

verb

To keep the people on a jury (= group deciding a legal case) separate from everyone else, even from their families, while deciding a case

Usage examples:

The judge refused to have the jury sequestered.

noun

A length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.

Usage examples:

He was buried in a linen shroud

verb

Wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial.

Usage examples:

The body was washed and shrouded

noun

A piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.

Usage examples:

A white bridal veil

verb

A membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development, either ( universal veil ) enclosing the whole fruiting body or ( partial veil ) joining the edges of the cap to the stalk.

noun

A piece of thin material worn to protect or hide the face or head

Usage examples:

The bride wore a veil made of french lace., fig. a veil of secrecy surrounded the appointment of th…