Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb transpire

5 senses of transpire

Sense 1
transpire, transpirate -- (pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas)
       => flow, flux -- (move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium")

Sense 2
transpire -- (exude water vapor; "plants transpire")
       => evaporate, vaporize, vaporise -- (lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk")

Sense 3
transpire -- (come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 4
transpire -- (come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week")
       => happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important")

Sense 5
transpire -- (give off (water) through the skin)
       => exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze -- (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores")