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describe

verb

1 describe

Give a description of.

synonyms: depict, draw.

2 describe

To give an account or representation of in words:
— Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental.

synonyms: account, report.

Roget 594: describe; set forth etc. (state) 535; draw a picture, picture; portray etc. (represent) 554; characterize, particularize; ... show more

Dutch: omschrijven, beschrijven, gewagen, melden, rapporteren, vermelden

3 describe

Make a mark or lines on a surface.

synonyms: delineate, draw, line, trace.

Roget 554: represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness etc. n.; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; ... show more

Dutch: tekenen

4 describe

Identify as in botany or biology, for example.

synonyms: discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name.


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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