transpire
1. pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
• Syn:
transpirate
• Derivationally related forms:
transpiration
• Hypernyms:
flow, flux
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. exude water vapor
- plants transpire
• Derivationally related forms:
transpiration
• Hypernyms:
evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. come to light;
become known
- It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- It ----s that CLAUSE
4. come about, happen, or occur
- Several important events transpired last week
• Hypernyms:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
5. give off (water) through the skin
• Derivationally related forms:
transpiration
• Hypernyms:
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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