| VERB | motion | transpire, transpirate | pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | transpire | exude water vapor | |
| change | transpire | come to light | |
| change | transpire | come about, happen, or occur | |
| body | transpire | give off (water) through the skin |
| Sounds | traenspay'er | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | |
| Meaning | Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | transpirate | |
| Broader | flow, flux | Move or progress freely as if in a stream |
| Spanish | transpirar | |
| Participle | transpiring | that is passing through |
| Nouns | transpiration | the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature |
| Meaning | exude water vapor. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "plants transpire" | |
| Broader | evaporate, vaporize, vaporise | Lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue |
| Spanish | transpirar | |
| Catalan | transpirar | |
| Nouns | transpiration | the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants |
| Meaning | come to light; become known. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | It ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | divulgarse, filtrarse, saberse | |
| Catalan | divulgar-se, filtrar-se, saber-se | |
| Meaning | come about, happen, or occur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Several important events transpired last week" | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Spanish | transpirar | |
| Meaning | give off (water) through the skin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
| Spanish | transpirar | |
| Catalan | transpirar | |
| Nouns | transpiration | the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes |
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