transpireverb
uk/trænˈspaɪər/us/trænˈspaɪɚ/transpire verb (BECOME KNOWN)
[ I ] formal If it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes known:
[ + that ] It may yet transpire that ministers knew more than they are admitting at the moment.
As it later transpired, she had known him at school.
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Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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transpire verb (HAPPEN)
[ I ] formal to happen:
No one is willing to predict what may transpire at the peace conference.
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Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come
- come up
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- turn up
- underway
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transpire verb (LOSE WATER)
[ I or T ] specialized biology If a body or plant transpires, it loses water through its surface or skin.
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Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- beaded
- bile
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- expectorate
- jism
- lacteal
- lymphatic
- mucus
- perspiration
- phlegm
- pus
- snot
- sperm
- spermatozoon
- spit
- spunk
- sweat buckets idiom
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transpiration
noun [ U ] uk/ˌtræn.spɪˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌtræn.spəˈreɪ.ʃən/specialized