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    [Adjective]  | "se*cre*tive" | \ ˈsē-krə-tiv \


    1: disposed to secrecy : not open or outgoing in speech, activity, or purposes


    Origin: 1835 ;

     Back-formation from secretiveness, partial translation of French secrétivité;

    [Adjective]  | "secretive" 


    1: given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge;


      * e.g., " ... the intelligence agency remained secretive despite the media's demands for more openness in government "





     [ "secret" ]

    1: Can't tellya

     [ "secret" ]

    1: information u tell someone when u want it to become public knowledge by morning

     [ "The secret" ]

    1: "The secret" is to take old, uncopyrighted material, republish and sell it as your own, and make millions. This isn't what the book "The secret" will tell you, but it's how the author got rich.

      * e.g.,  ... I just discovered "The secret" to easy wealth! It's plagiarism! 

     [ "secret" ]

    1: Something you're not supposed to tell anyone, but somehow gets out regardless of who told who.

      * e.g.,  ... I thought that your crush on JT was supposed to be a secret. 

     [ "secretion" ]

    1: A general term used to describe the products of glands in animals and plants. Glands such as the thyroid, testes, ovaries, adrenals, pituitary synthesize hormones which they excrete into the bloodstream. These are endocrine glands. Other glands include sweat, prostate, lachrymal, and Bartholin's glands. These are exocrine glands which excrete their products into places other than the bloodstream. The pancreas and stomach are unusual in that their secretions contain both endocrine (insulin) and exocrine (digestive) hormones. The female breast secretes milk and is an exocrine gland. The testis is a highly specialised mixed gland with both endocrine (testosterone) and exocrine (sperm)functions. The female ovary is a specialised mixed gland also.

      * e.g.,  ... Secretions in animals and plants may contain hormones, protective chemicals, and lubricants. 


     [ "secretion" ]

    2: The word is also used loosely to describe mucous-like substances which are transudates or exudates. These are substances derived from fluid in the tissues and which are driven across a membrane e.g. vaginal wall by a pressure gradient - usually blood pressure but could be osmotic.


     [ "secretion" ]

    3: Secretions may become profuse during illness e.g. common cold as the body attempts to wash away the infective agent.

     [ "secretion" ]

    1: A general term used to describe the products of glands in animals and plants. Glands such as the thyroid, testes, ovaries, adrenals, pituitary synthesize hormones which they excrete into the bloodstream. These are endocrine glands. Other glands include sweat, prostate, lachrymal, and Bartholin's glands. These are exocrine glands which excrete their products into places other than the bloodstream. The pancreas and stomach are unusual in that their secretions contain both endocrine (insulin) and exocrine (digestive) hormones.

      * e.g.,  ... Secretions in animals and plants may contain hormones, protective chemicals and lubricants. 


     [ "secretion" ]

    2: The word is also used loosely to describe mucous-like substances which are transudates or exudates. These are substances derived from fluid in the tissues and which are driven across a membrane e.g. vaginal wall by a pressure gradient - usually blood pressure but could be osmotic.


     [ "secretion" ]

    3: Secretions may become profuse during illness e.g. common cold as the body attempts to wash away the infective agent.

     [ "Secret" ]

    1: I. Something you tell to one person at a time. II. Something to burden a friend with.

      * e.g.,  ... No comment on examples, guess its secret... 

     [ "secret" ]

    1: an elementally flawed concept

      * e.g.,  ... No secret is really secret. 

     [ "Secret" ]

    1: Something wich is no more the moment two people know it.

      * e.g.,  ... -"Can I tell you a secret?" -"If you do it will be a secret no longer". 

     [ "secret" ]

    1: Something you tell to a small number of people in hopes it will stay that way, in reality it is all for naught, everyone is going to know by tomorrow anyway.

      * e.g.,  ... I heard it from him, who was told by her who said she heard it from... but don't tell, it's a secret! 

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