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secretting

UK/ˈsiːkɹətɪŋ/

secretting is the present participle and gerund of secret.

Meaning of secret

Verb

secret (third-person singular simple present secrets, present participle (US) secreting or (UK) secretting, simple past and past participle (US) secreted or (UK) secretted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make or keep secret.
    • … she would unfold the silk, press it with a smooth wooden block that she'd heated in the oven, and then once more secret it away.1984, Peter Scott Lawrence, Around the mulberry tree, Firefly Books, p. 26
  2. (rare, transitive) To hide secretly.

See all 13 meanings of secret

Forms of secretting

alternative formsecreting

Questions about secretting

What is secretting the present participle and gerund of?
Secretting is the present participle and gerund of secret.
How do you pronounce secretting?
Secretting is pronounced /ˈsiːkɹətɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near secretting in the dictionary

  1. secretosomes
  2. secrets
  3. secrets of Polichinelle
  4. secrette
  5. secretted
  6. secretting
  7. secretum
  8. Secrist
  9. Secrists
  10. secrotome
  11. secs

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