SECRETES Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

secretes

verb

present tense third-person singular of secrete

as in conceals

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 secretes This fascinating plant secretes a sweet-smelling nectar along the edges of its leaves to attract ants, spiders, crickets, and other bugs. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026 The pancreas secretes insulin after a meal to lower blood sugar levels. — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 10 June 2026 Normal weight on the outside, visceral fat within —which secretes inflammatory compounds silently destroying arteries. — Aditi Kantipuly, STAT, 17 Mar. 2026 But a new study from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst found that donkeys’ skin secretes a chemical that ticks avoid. — Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025 The extra fat tissue secretes more estrogen in the body, which can help cancer cells grow and multiply. — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025

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But the tragedy conceals something nobody knows, and the falsehoods about Jung-hyun keep growing.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
The three-word message conceals the depth of a man worthy of dissection.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of conceals

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Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.

— Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of buries

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In an indirect prompt injection, an attacker hides instructions in content an AI agent will come across while doing a task—a web page or a forum post, for instance—hoping to hijack the agent.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
In regulated work, the gap between a miss and a false certainty is enormous, and a single accuracy number hides it.

— Murali Rajendran, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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