3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Describe \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Describe \De*scribe"\, v. i.
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as
Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
describe
v 1: give a description of "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
[syn: {depict}, {draw}]
2: to give an account or representation of in words: "Discreet
Italian police described it in a manner typically
continental." [syn: {report}]
3: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the
outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape"
[syn: {trace}, {draw}, {line}, {outline}, {delineate}]
4: as in in botany or biology, for example [syn: {identify}, {discover},
{key}, {key out}, {distinguish}, {name}]
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