Describe

Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
  • (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

Compare describe with other words:

describe vs. pressed

describe vs. state

describe vs. write

describe vs. meaning

describe vs. rescribe

describe vs. described

describe vs. note

describe vs. evaluate

describe vs. picture

compare vs. describe

critique vs. describe

criticize vs. describe

describe vs. summarize

assess vs. describe

describe vs. tell

describe vs. predict

describe vs. word

describe vs. recite

describe vs. represent

characterize vs. describe

articulate vs. describe

capture vs. describe

bename vs. describe

describe vs. euphemize

circumstantiate vs. describe

brief vs. describe

demonstrate vs. describe

analyze vs. describe

describe vs. inform

describe vs. specify

describe vs. premier

describe vs. promise

describe vs. secondary

circumscribe vs. describe

describe vs. mention

describe vs. show

describe vs. epithet

describe vs. illustrate

describe vs. stipulate

delineate vs. describe

describe vs. imply

describe vs. subscribe

describe vs. interpret

describe vs. refer

describe vs. mark

ascribe vs. describe

describe vs. redescribe

describe vs. descrive

describe vs. describer

describe vs. unspeakable

describe vs. ethnography

describe vs. steven

describe vs. narrate

describe vs. identity

describe vs. identify

describe vs. limn

describe vs. indescribable

appellation vs. describe

describe vs. elusive

describe vs. designate

describe vs. encompass

describe vs. modify

define vs. describe

describe vs. proclaim

demonize vs. describe

content vs. describe

character vs. describe

describe vs. scribe

describable vs. describe

describe vs. description

bewrite vs. describe

betell vs. describe

describe vs. portray

describe vs. descriptive

depict vs. describe

describe vs. qualify

describe vs. relate

describe vs. spin

describe vs. set

describe vs. report

describe vs. theory

describe vs. explain

describe vs. prescribe

allomorph vs. describe

describe vs. number

adjective vs. describe