About The Word Describe
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Describe
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What's The Definition Of Describe?
[v] identify as in botany or biology, for example
[v] to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental." [v] give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" [v] make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" Synonyms | Synonyms for Describe: account | delineate | depict | discover | distinguish | draw | draw | identify | key | key out | line | name | outline | report | trace Related Terms | Find terms related to Describe: be characteristic | bring to life | character | characterize | chronicle | construe | define | delineate | demarcate | depict | detail | diagnose | differentiate | distinguish | draw | earmark | evoke | explain | express | give words to | identify | interpret | keynote | label | limn | mark | mark off | mark out | narrate | outline | paint | picture | portray | read | read into | recite | recount | relate | render | report | represent | retail | set apart | set forth | set the pace | set the tone | sketch | sound the keynote | specify | style | take | take it that | take to mean | trace | traverse | understand | understand by | write See Also | adumbrate | assort | circumscribe | class | classify | construct | delineate | exposit | expound | inform | inscribe | mark | outline | represent | separate | set forth | sketch | sort | sort out | write Describe In Webster's Dictionary \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Described}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Describing}.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- +
scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F.
d['e]crire. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Descry}.]
1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate;
to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the
compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as
to describe a circle.
2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an
account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as,
the geographer describes countries and cities.
3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off;
to class. [Obs.]
Passed through the land, and described it by cities
into seven parts in a book. --Josh. xviii.
9.
Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount;
narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.
\De*scribe"\, v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty. |
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