TRANSPIRE
Dictionary entry overview: What does transpire mean?
• TRANSPIRE (verb)
The verb TRANSPIRE has 5 senses:
1. pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
2. exude water vapor
3. come to light; become known
4. come about, happen, or occur
5. give off (water) through the skin
Familiarity information: TRANSPIRE used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• TRANSPIRE (verb)
Meaning:
Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
transpirate; transpire
Hypernyms (to "transpire" is one way to...):
flow; flux (move or progress freely as if in a stream)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Exude water vapor
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
plants transpire
Hypernyms (to "transpire" is one way to...):
evaporate; vaporise; vaporize (lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Come to light; become known
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany
Hypernyms (to "transpire" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Come about, happen, or occur
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Several important events transpired last week
Hypernyms (to "transpire" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Give off (water) through the skin
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "transpire" is one way to...):
exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
