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Transpire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To give off (vapor containing waste products) through the pores of the skin or the stomata of plant tissue.

verb-intransitive. To become known; come to light.

verb-intransitive. Usage Problem To come about; happen or occur.

verb-intransitive. To give off vapor containing waste products, as through animal or plant pores.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

verb-intransitive. To evaporate from living cells.

verb-intransitive. To escape from secrecy; to become public.

verb-intransitive. To happen or come to pass; to occur.

v. To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

v. To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To emit through the excretories of the skin or lungs; send off in vapor; exhale.

To send out an exhalation; exhale.

To pass through or out of some body, as an exhalation; specifically, to be emitted through the excretories of the skin or lungs; exhale; pass off from the body in vapor, as in insensible perspiration.

In botany to exhale watery vapor. See transpiration. 2.

To escape from secrecy; become public gradually; come to light; ooze out.

To happen or come to pass; occur.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. come about, happen, or occur

v. exude water vapor

v. come to light; become known

v. give off (water) through the skin

v. pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

Word Usage

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Verb Form

transpired transpires transpiring

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hap take place come about fallout pass off

Cross Reference

exhale occur

Form

transpiration

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

occur exhale perspire escape leak out

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Dyer Meier Meyer Trier acquire

Same Context

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