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Verb describe has 4 senses
- describe, depict, draw - give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
--1 is one way to set forth, expound, exposit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- 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
- 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
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