describe
describe is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
- intransitive verb. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
- verb. identify as in botany or biology, for example
- verb. to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
- verb. give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
- verb. make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"
"trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Synonyms
discover, distinguish, identify, key, name, account, report, depict, draw, delineate, line, trace
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in describe:
Common word forms
described, describer, describes, describing
Words from these letters
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