transpiring
present participle oftranspire
transpire
verb
uk/trænˈspaɪər/us/trænˈspaɪɚ/transpireverb(BECOME KNOWN)
[I]formal
If it transpires that something hashappened, thispreviouslysecretorunknownfactbecomesknown:
[+ that]It mayyettranspirethatministersknewmore than they areadmittingat themoment.
As itlatertranspired, she hadknownhim atschool.
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- huddle
- kiss
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
transpireverb(HAPPEN)
[I]formal
tohappen:
No one iswillingtopredictwhat may transpire at thepeaceconference.
Occurring and happening
- afoot
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at workidiom
- become
- eventuate
- fall
- fall into placeidiom
- follow on
- go hand in hand withsomethingidiom
- go off
- go on
- pass
- result
- resynchronize
- roll
- roll around
- shake out
- succeed
- supervene
transpireverb(LOSE WATER)
[IorT]biologyspecialized
If abodyorplanttranspires, itloseswaterthroughitssurfaceorskin.
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- beaded
- bilirubin
- bogey
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- dribbling
- gob
- jism
- lather
- perspiration
- pus
- snot
- sperm
- spit
- synovial
- transpiration
- uric acid
- weeping
Examplesoftranspiring
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However, we see no necessary theoretical or substantive discrepancies between our analyses and thosetranspiringunder the moniker of the five-factor model.
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Such leaf phenology is considered to be adaptive to seasonal reduction in rainfall, because the reduction oftranspiringleaf area should decrease the water loss from plants.
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A dual-process approach to visual perception emerges from this analysis, with the ecological-dorsal processtranspiringmainly without conscious awareness, while the constructivist-ventral process is normally conscious.
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I then gained a greater knowledge of what wastranspiringin that great continent.
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But for the moment we know absolutely nothing as to what istranspiringfrom these things.
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Consequently, we are very much alarmed indeed at what istranspiring.
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What istranspiringin that general direction?
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It would have been keenly resented if he had gone to the proprietor of the property and found fault with him over anything that wastranspiring.
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In atranspiringsurface, small amounts of a coolant such as water are pumped through small holes in the aircraft's skin (see transpiration and perspiration).
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- underwriting power
- underwriting-power
- underwriting syndicate
- underwriting-syndicate
- underwritten
- underwrote
- under your belt
- under your breath
- under-your-breath
- under your feet
- under-your-feet
- under your nose
- under your own steam
- under-your-own-steam
- undescended
- undescribed
- undeserved
- undeservedly
- undeserving
- undeservingly
- undeserving-poor
- undesirable
- undesirable behaviour
- undesirable characteristic
- undesirable consequence