Transcription
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- [si-kreet]
- /sɪˈkrit/
- /sɪˈkriːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [si-kreet]
- /sɪˈkrit/
Definition of secreted word
- verb with object secreted to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk. 1
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Origin of secreted
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; back formation from secretion
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Secreted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
secreted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
secreted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for secreted
adj secreted
adjective secreted
verb secreted
- defecated — Simple past tense and past participle of defecate.
- egested — to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- enisled — Placed alone or apart, as if on an island.
- excreted — Simple past tense and past participle of excrete.
- exuded — Simple past tense and past participle of exude.
Antonyms for secreted
verb secreted
- aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
- confessed — You use confessed to describe someone who openly admits that they have a particular fault or have done something wrong.
- confided — Simple past tense and past participle of confide.
- displayed — (of a bird) represented with wings and legs spread: an eagle displayed.
Top questions with secreted
- which enzymes are secreted only by the pancreas?
- which is a hormone secreted by the pancreas?
- what hormones are secreted by the thyroid gland?
- which hormone is secreted by the parathyroids?
- calcitonin is secreted by which cells?
- follicle stimulating hormone fsh is secreted by which gland?
- where is the thyroid stimulating hormone secreted?
- where is estrogen secreted?
- what is secreted by the pancreas?
- where is bile secreted?
- melatonin is secreted by what gland?
- where is adh secreted?
- where is insulin secreted?
- where is epinephrine secreted from?
- what hormone is secreted by the kidney?
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