noun
1. the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑transpire
• Hypernyms: ↑natural process, ↑natural action, ↑action, ↑activity
2. the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes
• Derivationally related forms: ↑transpire
• Hypernyms: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity
3. the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
• Derivationally related forms: ↑transpire
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
Useful english dictionary. 2012.