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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Faunist :: Faunist (n.) One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.
Describable :: Describable (a.) That can be described; capable of description.
Define :: Define (v. t.) To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term..
Carpologist :: Carpologist (n.) One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
Paintless :: Paintless (a.) Not capable of being painted or described.
Describe :: Describe (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty..
Arc :: Arc (n.) The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night..
Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color..
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
Mythology :: Mythology (n.) A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks..
Houyhnhnm :: Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men..
Indefinable :: Indefinable (a.) Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable.
Paint :: Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
Adjective :: Adjective (n.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, a wise ruler, wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler..
Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x..
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Femalize :: Femalize (v. t.) To make, or to describe as, female or feminine..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
Cosmologist :: Cosmologist (n.) One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.
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..
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