Definition of secrete

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Secrete (v. t.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.

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Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete..
Snot :: Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose..
Honeydew :: Honeydew (n.) A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids..
Beeswax :: Beeswax (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed..
Odontoblast :: Odontoblast (n.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.
Toad :: Toad (n.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid..
Ant-cattle :: Ant-cattle (n.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Secrete :: Secrete (v. t.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
Foremilk :: Foremilk (n.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum..
Catarrh :: Catarrh (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder..
Rosinweed :: Rosinweed (n.) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.
Echidnine :: Echidnine (n.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus..
Water :: Water (v. i.) To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water..
Vessel :: Vessel (n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc..
Secretive :: Secretive (a.) Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition..
Secern :: Secern (v. t.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose..
Nectary :: Nectary (n.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium..
Gland :: Gland (n.) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product..
Semen :: Semen (n.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power..
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