Transpiring

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

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

2.verbTo perspire.

3.verbOf plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.

4.verbTo become known; to escape from secrecy.

"It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer."

5.verbTo happen, take place.

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