describe
(verb)
verb
1. give a description of
Definition categories: communication, exposit, expound
2. to give an account or representation of in words
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
Similar word(s): account, report
Definition categories: communication, inform
3. make a mark or lines on a surface
Similar word(s): delineate, draw, line, trace
Definition categories: contact, mark
4. identify as in botany or biology, for example
Similar word(s): discover, distinguish, identify, key, name
Definition categories: cognition
Sentences with describe as a verb:
- The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
- The geographer describes countries and cities.
- to describe a circle by the compasses;
- The function describes a very complex surface.
- The fungus was first described by a botanist.