transpire

IPA(Pronunciation)

intransitive transitive obsolete broadly

(transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). / (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire.

Japanese Meaning

（気体や蒸気、廃棄物などを）放出する、発散する / （古い意味で）（体が）汗をかく、発汗する

During the heatwave, the wet laundry began to transpire, filling the room with a faint, damp smell.

猛暑の間、濡れた洗濯物は水分を放出し始め、部屋にかすかな湿ったにおいが広がった。

Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

Sense（2）

(obsolete, intransitive) To perspire.

Sense（3）

(botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.

Sense（4）

(intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.

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

Sense（5）

(loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place.

transpires

（ present singular third-person ）

transpiring

（ participle present ）

transpired

（ participle past ）

transpired

（ past ）