describe

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To say what someone or something is like using words.

   Can you describe the man who stole your bag?

2. 2
   verb

   To draw or trace the shape of something, such as a curve or circle.

   The dancer's hand described a circle in the air.

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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