Meaning of DESCRIBE
| Pronunciation: | | di'skrIb
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- [v] identify as in botany or biology, for example
- [v] to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental."
- [v] give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
- [v] make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
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| | Synonyms: | | account, delineate, depict, discover, distinguish, draw, draw, identify, key, key out, line, name, outline, report, trace |
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| | See Also: | | adumbrate, assort, circumscribe, class, classify, construct, delineate, exposit, expound, inform, inscribe, mark, outline, represent, separate, set forth, sketch, sort, sort out, write | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\De*scribe"\, v. i.
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as,
Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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