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Definition

produce and discharge small amounts of a substance — especially from biological glands

Much more rarely, secrete can mean to place something where it will not be found.

The pancreas secretes insulin.

The snail secretes mucus as it travels.
He conditioned the dog to secrete saliva at the sound of the bell.
This brain secretion is unlike anything else in the body.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

"He was cooking up aconite whale poison from mushrooms and other substances that he found in the fields and secreted in his clothing," Raven says.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
In one such secreted hallway I hung a great nude on the other side of glass, just to annoy my husband should he stray inside.
Stephen King -- Rose Red
As both parties secreted themselves, the woods were again as still and quiet as a mild summer morning and deep solitude could render them.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
The soft buzz of conversation had faded as more and more bodies were secreted away.
Kass Morgan -- The 100
When she had to bring money home from the register, her skills at secreting it away were uncanny.
Junot Diaz -- Drown
The robin used to secrete himself in a bush and watch this anxiously, his head tilted first on one side and then on the other.
Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
But whatever may be its basis, it is clear that a very large portion of it is furnished by certain glands, which pour out a viscid secretion.'
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson

He made a gurgling sound—secretions clogging his airways.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

He could see some sort of thick, gluey secretion from the spider's pincers on his torn robes.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

He has given me exactly ten Fritos and then secreted away the bag.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
I carried with me several specimen bottles, each containing some melancholy waste or secretion.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise

Before the entire building froze, they managed to secrete the ymbrynes out through the roof.
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
He now had little doubt that four terrified cardinals had been secreted through here earlier.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
But we elves discovered that coral is actually an exoskeleton secreted by minuscule animals that live inside the coral.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
He began stealing shorter lengths of rope, secreting them away, then tying them together with his strongest Boy Scout knots.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
— Ralph noisily secreted in his study downstairs.
Gish Jen -- Typical American

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