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Transpiring

To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

📖 Definitions of "Transpiring"

verb

1
To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
2
To perspire.
3
Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
4
To become known; to escape from secrecy.
"It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer."

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Word	Definition
transpirateverb	pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
arisingnoun	The process by which something arises; origination; occurrence.
derivingnoun	(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
happeningnoun	Something that happens.
occurringnoun	An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
occuringverb	Misspelling of occurring, present participle of occur.
happeningsnoun	an album by the jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1967 on the Blue Note label.
transitionnoun	The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
transitingnoun	The process by which something undergoes transit; an act of conveyance.
transitioningverb	An act of transition; a change of state.
transformative	That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change
transitionally	In a transitional manner.
transversionnoun	(genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa
transitive	(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
transfigured	—
transformingnoun	transformation
transpersonalnoun	(psychology) That transcends the personal or individual
transitionary	Transitional.
phenomenanoun	(nonstandard) A phenomenon.
transvaluationnoun	A change of values; a revaluation.

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