describe

Etymology
From, from , from , from + ; see scribe and shrive. Displaced native.

Verb

 * 1)  To represent in words.
 * 2)  To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
 * 3)  To give rise to a geometrical structure.
 * 4)  To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
 * 5)  To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
 * 1)  To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
 * 2)  To give rise to a geometrical structure.
 * 3)  To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
 * 4)  To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
 * 1)  To give rise to a geometrical structure.
 * 2)  To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
 * 3)  To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
 * 1)  To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
 * 2)  To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
 * 1)  To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

Synonyms

 * ,, , ; see also Thesaurus:describe

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وَصَفَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: وصف
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: describir
 * Azerbaijani: təsvir etmək
 * Basque: deskribatzea
 * Belarusian: апі́сваць, апіса́ць
 * Bengali: বর্ণনা করা
 * Bulgarian:, опи́ша
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Cornish: deskrifa
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: priskribi, adjektivi
 * Estonian: kirjeldama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐκφράζω
 * Hebrew: תיאר
 * Hindi: वर्णन करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lýsa
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: describer
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ыспаттау, дәлелдеу, айғақтау, сипаттау
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Ladino: deskrivir
 * Lao: ພັນລະນາ, ພັນຣະນາ, ພັນນະນາ, ຊີ້ແຈງ, ບັນຍາຍ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: aprakstīt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: опишува, опише
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * North Frisian:
 * Föhr-Amrum: beskriiw
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: āmearcian
 * Oromo: ibsuu
 * Persian: توصیف کردن, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: describe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: описи́вати, опи́сати
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: opisovať, opísať, popisovať, popísať
 * Slovene: opisovati,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wopisowaś, wopisaś
 * Upper Sorbian:, wopisać
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: опи́сувати, описа́ти
 * Urdu: بیان کریں
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: באַשרייבן


 * Bulgarian:, очерта́я
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: určiť
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to