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1. Give a description of
   "He described an elaborate plan of attack";
   - depict, draw
    
2. To give an account or representation of in words
   "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental";
   - report, account
    
3. Make a mark or lines on a surface
   "describe the outline of a figure in the sand";
   - trace, draw, line, delineate
    
4. Classify or apply the appropriate name to, e.g. in botany or biology
   - identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name

Derived forms: describing, describes, described

Type of: exposit, expound, inform, mark, set forth

Encyclopedia: Describe