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TRANSPIRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transpirate mean?
• TRANSPIRATE (verb)
The verb TRANSPIRATE has 1 sense:
1. pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
Familiarity information: TRANSPIRATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
transpirate; transpire
Hypernyms (to "transpirate" is one way to...):
flow; flux (move or progress freely as if in a stream)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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