To Transpire
- (transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
- (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. [from 18th c.]
- (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
| Synonyms |
(become known): be revealed, be discovered, come to light
(happen): come about, come to pass, occur; happen
(perspire): perspire, sweat