SECRETING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

secreting

verb

present participle of secrete

as in concealing

to put into a hiding place the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car

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Recent Examples of secreting Over time, these rocks are fragmented and broken up into small mineral particles by plant roots forcing open cracks, or lichens secreting chemicals that dissolve rocks to release nutrients. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Specifically, corals grow one to two centimeters per year by secreting layers of calcium carbonate. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Because secreting isopropyl myristate is not something exclusive to naked mole rats. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 When activated by heat, the spores awaken and begin secreting enzymes that chemically break down the material from within. — New Atlas, 11 May 2026 One type of polyp handles feeding, extending above the sand and secreting a mucus net to capture small prey. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026 Demodex brevis lives on the oil-secreting glands along the eyelids (the meibomian glands), while Demodex folliculorum resides in the lash follicles. — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 5 Mar. 2026 And the arsenal was only the latest example of his infatuation with secreting away weaponry. — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Organoids that actually work The team also demonstrated endodermal differentiation by producing insulin-secreting islet organoids. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026

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The gloom was useful for masking scavenging activities and for concealing one’s identity.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Meier serves drinks to the enemy, while concealing his Jewish identity.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of concealing

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Cedric Von Ferdinand, 34, is accused of killing Nadine Jett and burying her remains in her Oak Creek Road property, San Diego County Dist.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Merced County Code does not explicitly state any countywide ordinance that prohibits burying a domestic pet on private property.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of burying

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Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Joseph had spent most of the war hiding in the forest with the Bielski partisan force, a Jewish resistance group.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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