identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example
report, describe, account
(verb) to give an account or representation of in words; “Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental”
describe, depict, draw
(verb) give a description of; “He drew an elaborate plan of attack”
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface; “draw a line”; “trace the outline of a figure in the sand”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
describe (third-person singular simple present describes, present participle describing, simple past and past participle described)
(transitive) To represent in words.
(transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
(transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
(transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
• (to represent in words): portray, betell, depict, report; see also describe
• (to represent in writing): bewrite
• escribed
Source: Wiktionary
De*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Described; p. pr. & vb. n. Describing.] Etym: [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. décrire. 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.
De*scribe", v. i.
Definition: To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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