secret
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noun
8.something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
9.a mystery: the secrets of nature.
10.a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.
11.a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret.
12.a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material.
(...)
8.something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
9.a mystery: the secrets of nature.
10.a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.
11.a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret.
12.a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material.
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14.in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly: A resistance movement was already being organized in secret.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009
"Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets."
(Paul Tournier)
*Photo by Emmy L.Hidden
If you place a fern
under a stone
the next day it will be
nearly invisible
as if the stone has
swallowed it.
If you tuck the name of a loved one
under your tongue too long
without speaking it
it becomes blood
sigh
the little sucked-in breath of air
hiding everywhere
beneath your words.
No one sees
the fuel that feeds you.
Naomi Shihab Nye
