secretion

«secretion» in Mova's school dictionary: A liquid that a living thing makes and lets out, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a secretion, secretions; secretion — uncountable as a process)

meaning for a pupil

1) A liquid that a living thing makes and lets out, such as saliva, sweat, tears, mucus or sap. tree →

2) The process of making and releasing such a liquid. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the body and animals, secretions do jobs: saliva starts digestion, sweat cools us, tears clean eyes, snail slime helps it move, spiders secrete silk. It tells the reader something is produced by glands. Phrases: the secretion of saliva, sticky secretions.

examples

• Saliva is a secretion from glands in your mouth. tree →
• Sweat is a secretion that helps cool your body. tree →
• The snail left a trail of sticky secretion. tree →
• Some frogs have poisonous skin secretions. tree →
• Bees make wax from a secretion of their bodies. tree →
• The secretion of tears keeps your eyes clean. tree →

note

Countable for the liquid (secretions), uncountable for the process. Verb: secrete (to produce a liquid). Trap: "secrete" also can mean "hide", and "secretion" sounds like "secret" but has nothing to do with secrets here.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «secretion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.