secretes
Glands do this
Secretes has two distinct meanings.
Living things secrete substances by producing and releasing them from cells or glands: The pancreas secretes insulin.
Separately, to secrete something is to hide it away: She secreted the documents in a hollowed-out book.
The first sense dominates in scientific and medical contexts; the second is literary and uncommon.
Release of substance outward
expel · seep · drip · leak · weep · sweat · extrude · percolate
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
mucus · sebum · pheromones · estrogen · testosterone · bile · gastric · sweat
Keep from being seen
squirrel · tuck away · harbor · hoard · smuggle · shelter · shield · pocket
Covert information gatherer
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- covertIntentionally concealed
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
stealth · surreptitious · infiltrate · intelligence · subterfuge · cloak-and-dagger · conspiracy · shadowy
discharge
Release of substance outward
emit · expel · seep · drip · leak · weep · sweat · extrude · percolate · transude
hormones
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
adrenaline · mucus · sebum · pheromones · estrogen · testosterone · bile · gastric · sweat · tears
conceal
Keep from being seen
bury · squirrel · tuck away · harbor · hoard · smuggle · shelter · shield · pocket · store
spy
Covert information gatherer
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- covertIntentionally concealed
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
clandestine · stealth · surreptitious · infiltrate · intelligence · subterfuge · cloak-and-dagger · conspiracy · shadowy · underground
- storingstoring, stashing, stowing, putting away, keeping
- top secretHighest classification level
- secret agentClandestine government operative
- secret codeEncrypted communication system
- dark secretConcealed shameful knowledge
- dirty secretConcealed shameful information
- open secretKnown fact nobody admits