English > describe: 4 senses > verb 2, communicationMeaning | To give an account or representation of in words. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Example | "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" |
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Synonyms | report, account |
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Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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Spanish | dar parte, denunciar, describir, informar, relatar, reportar, señalar |
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Catalan | assenyalar, denunciar, descriure, informar, relatar, reportar |
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Adjectives | descriptive | serving to describe or inform or characterized by description |
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Nouns | description | the act of describing something |
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English > describe: 4 senses > verb 3, contactMeaning | make a mark or lines on a surface. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Synonyms | trace, draw, line, delineate |
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Entailed by | chalk | Write, draw, or trace with chalk |
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charcoal | Draw, trace, or represent with charcoal |
doodle | make a doodle |
pencil | Write, draw, or trace with a pencil |
Narrower | circumscribe | Draw a line around |
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circumscribe | To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect |
construct | Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions |
inscribe | Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible |
write | mark or trace on a surface |
Broader | mark | make or leave a mark on |
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Similar to | draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface |
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draw | Engage in drawing |
Spanish | delinear, dibujar, pintar, rayar, trazar |
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Catalan | calcar, delinear, dibuixar, esbossar, traçar |
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