transpiring

Meaning

present participle and gerund of transpire

transpire

  1. (ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To perspire.
  3. (intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
  4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.
  5. (broadly, intransitive) To happen, take place.

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