'Describe' definitions:

Definition of 'describe'

From: WordNet
verb
Give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" [syn: describe, depict, draw]
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
Identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name]

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

Words containing 'Describe'