secrete meaning
EN
[sɪˈkɹiːt] [-iːt] 
US FR sécrète 
- VerbSGsecretesPRsecretingPT, PPsecretedSUF-eté
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- figurative uses.
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (transitive) With away, to steal.
- The royal jewels were secreted away in the middle of the night, sub rosa.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Other adipocytokines are: secreted frizzled-related protein 5 (Sfrp-5) and adipolin.
- The Sender cell contains the entire agr operon (P2-agrBDCA) and can thus both secrete and sense AIP, the autoinducing peptide.
- The brown colored immunospots corresponding to the cells secreting IFN-γ and IL-4 were counted manually under a dissection microscope.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of secrete in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "secrete" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.