'Describe' definitions:
Definition of 'describe'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
To give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" [syn: report, describe, account]
verb
Make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate]
verb
Definition of 'Describe'
From: GCIDE
- Describe \De*scribe"\, v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Describe'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'describe'
From: 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,
- 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