Definition of describe

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Describe (v. t.) 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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Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..
Unspeakable :: Unspeakable (a.) Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage..
Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture..
Fulgurating :: Fulgurating (a.) Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.
"""lilliputian " :: Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's Voyage to Lilliput..
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
Blazon :: Blazon (v. t.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon..
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like..
Describe :: Describe (v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class..
Curve :: Curve (a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line..
Gyre :: Gyre (n.) A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit..
Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x..
Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
Feeling :: Feeling (n.) An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.
Nondescript :: Nondescript (n.) A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable..
Describer :: Describer (n.) One who describes.
Chorographer :: Chorographer (n.) One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.
Cone :: Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix..
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