describe

verb
de·scribe
/dɪˈskɹaɪb/

To represent in words.

Example

“The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.”

Other meanings

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
“to describe a circle by the compasses;   a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle”
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
“The function describes a very complex surface.”

Synonyms

depict
draw

Related words

describability
describee
misdescribe
overdescribe
predescribe
redescribe
abovedescribed
aforedescribed
describer

Example sentences

“How would a good friend describe you?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“How would your best friend describe you?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "dēscrībō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “describe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.