describe
To represent in words.
Verb 4 meanings
To represent in words.
“The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.”
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.”
To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
“The fungus was first described by a botanist.”
Etymology
From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.
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DESCRIBE at a glance
DESCRIBE has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + S 1 + C 3 + R 1 + I 1 + B 3 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,613 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with describe
All rhymes- TRIBE7
- SUBSCRIBE15
- VIBE9
- BRIBE9
- PRESCRIBE15
- SCRIBE10
- UNSUBSCRIBE17
- ASCRIBE11
- TRANSCRIBE14
- DIATRIBE11
- JIBE13
- IMBIBE12
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