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describe

 
Verb describe has 4 senses
  1. describe, depict, draw - give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
    --1 is one way to set forth, expound, exposit
    Derived form: noun description2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. report, describe, account - to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
    --2 is one way to inform
    Derived form: noun description2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  3. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name - identify as in botany or biology, for example
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. trace, draw, line, describe, delineate - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
    --4 is one way to mark
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
descreate descrepancy descrepant descrepency descrete descretion describable describably describe describe a preconceived notion describe home town describe the scientific management school in detail describe thier faces describe thinking described describer describes

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