secretegerundium / partizip präsens Used attributively: “secreting cells”, “secreting gland”
Definitionen
Producing or emitting a substance, especially from a cell or gland. The secreting cells release antibodies into the bloodstream.
Synonyme
suppressing (context-dependent)
Rare but attested transitive verb meaning ‘to hide or seclude’; occurs especially in the phrasal form “secret away”.
Definitionen
To conceal or hide (someone or something) from sight or discovery; to stash away. She secreted the documents in a hollow tree trunk before the search party arrived.
Synonyme
keep under wraps
cover up
hide away