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