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  Describe \De*scribe"\, v. i.
     To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as,
     Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
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  Describe \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Described; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Describing.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- +
     scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F.
     d['e]crire. See Scribe, and cf. Descry.]
     1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate;
        to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the
        compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as
        to describe a circle.
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     2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an
        account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as,
        the geographer describes countries and cities.
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     3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off;
        to class. [Obs.]
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              Passed through the land, and described it by cities
              into seven parts in a book.           --Josh. xviii.
                                                    9.
  
     Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount;
          narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.
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  Describe \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Described; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Describing.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- +
     scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F.
     d['e]crire. See Scribe, and cf. Descry.]
     1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate;
        to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the
        compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as
        to describe a circle.
  
     2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an
        account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as,
        the geographer describes countries and cities.
  
     3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off;
        to class. [Obs.]
  
              Passed through the land, and described it by cities
              into seven parts in a book.           --Josh. xviii.
                                                    9.
  
     Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount;
          narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.

  Describe \De*scribe"\, v. i.
     To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as,
     Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

  describe
       v 1: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
            [syn: depict, draw]
       2: to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet
          Italian police described it in a manner typically
          continental" [syn: report, account]
       3: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify,
           discover, key, key out, distinguish, name]
       4: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the
          outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line,
           delineate]

  describe
     Αγγλικά vb.
     περιγράφω

  describe
     Scots vb.
     to (l en describe)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: describir)

  describe
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To represent in words.

  describe
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: describir)
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To represent in words.

  describe
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: describir)
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To represent in words.

  describe
     Espanja vb.
     (es-v-taivm 3 describ e)
     Latina vb.
     (la-v-taivm 3 d escrib dēscrīb e)

  describe
     Engelska vb.
     beskriva

  Describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  صف

  describe //dəˈskɹaɪb// //dɪˈskɹaɪb// 
  1. очерта́вам, очерта́я
  to give rise to a geometrical structure
  2. опи́свам, опи́ша
  to represent in words

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  nakreslit

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  popsat

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  vylíčit

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  popisovat

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/ 
  disgrifio 

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/ 
  beskrive

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/ 
  beschreiben 
        "he/she describes"  - er/sie beschreibt
        "I/he/she described"  - ich/er/sie beschrieb
        "he/she has/had described"  - er/sie hat/hatte beschrieben
        "I/he/she would describe"  - ich/er/sie beschriebe
        "fittingly describe sth. (as)"  - etw. treffend beschreiben (als)
        "describe sth. in detail"  - etw. ausführlich beschreiben
   see: describing, described, undescribed
  

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/ 
  bezeichnen 
        "In English, "sharp" is the term used to describe someone who is very intelligent."  - „Sharp“ ist die englische Bezeichnung für jemanden, der sehr intelligent ist.
   see: describing, described, describes, described
  

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/ 
  darlegen, darstellen, umschreiben 
        "not as bad as people tend to describe/portray it"  - nicht so schlimm wie es gerne dargestellt wird
     Synonym: outline
  
   see: outlining, describing, outlined, described, He is not the creep he is usually portrayed as.
  

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  
  περιγράφω

  describe //dəˈskɹaɪb// //dɪˈskɹaɪb// 
  1. kuvata
  to give rise to a geometrical structure
  2. kuvailla, luonnehtia
  to represent in words

  describe /diskraib/
  décrire, représenter

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/ 
  1. वर्णन~करना
        "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental."
  2. बुलाना
        "She describes herself as a preacher."
  3. चित्र~खींचना
        "The child described a perfect circle on the sand."

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  opisati, opisivanje, opisivati, označiti, spomenuti

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  descrivere

  describe //dəˈskɹaɪb// //dɪˈskɹaɪb// 
  描写, 記述
  to represent in words

  describe //dəˈskɹaɪb// //dɪˈskɹaɪb// 
  beskrive
  to represent in words

  describe /dɪˈskraɪb/ 
    opisywać

  describe /diskraib/
  descrever

  describe /diskraib/
  describir

  describe //dəˈskɹaɪb// //dɪˈskɹaɪb// 
  beskriva 2.
  to represent in words
   3.
  to give rise to a geometrical structure

  describe /dɪskɹˈaɪb/
  1. tarif etmek, tanımlamak, vasıflandırmak, tavsif etmek, tasvir etmek, resmetmek. describable  tarif edilebilir, tavsifi mümkün.

  
/dɪsˈkɹaɪb/

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "describe":
     be characteristic, bring to life, character, characterize,
     chronicle, construe, define, delineate, demarcate, depict, detail,
     diagnose, differentiate, distinguish, draw, earmark, evoke,
     explain, express, give words to, identify, interpret, keynote,
     label, limn, mark, mark off, mark out, narrate, outline, paint,
     picture, portray, read, read into, recite, recount, relate, render,
     report, represent, retail, set apart, set forth, set the pace,
     set the tone, sketch, sound the keynote, specify, style, take,
     take it that, take to mean, trace, traverse, understand,
     understand by, write
  
  

  v. 描述;

     vt. 描绘,描写,描述,刻划