Meaning | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Example | "secrete digestive juices" |
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Synonym | release |
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Narrower | water | secrete or form water, as tears or saliva |
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Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
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Spanish | secretar, segregar |
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Catalan | secretar, segregar |
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Nouns | secretion | the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance |
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secretor | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |