Dictionary Entry
transpire
transpire is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
- 2intransitive verb
To evaporate from living cells.
- 3intransitive verb
To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
- 4intransitive verb
To happen or come to pass; to occur.
- 5transitive verb
To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
- 6transitive verb
To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
- 7verb
give off (water) through the skin
- 8verb
come about, happen, or occur
"Several important events transpired last week"
- 9verb
come to light; become known
"It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
- 10verb
exude water vapor
"plants transpire"
- 11verb
pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
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