transpire
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
Types & categories
- flux hypernym
Related & opposite
- transpiration derivation
Sense 2 verb
exude water vapor
plants transpire
Types & categories
- evaporate hypernym
Related & opposite
- transpiration derivation
Sense 3 verb
come to light; become known
It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 4 verb
come about, happen, or occur
Several important events transpired last week
Types & categories
- hap hypernym
Sense 5 verb
give off (water) through the skin
Types & categories
- exudate hypernym
Related & opposite
- transpiration derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | transpiration |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flux |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transpiration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | evaporate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | transpiration |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | exudate |