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describe
Overview of verb describe
The verb describe has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (79) describe, depict, draw -- (give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack")
2. (54) report, describe, account -- (to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental")
3. (3) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name -- (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
4. (1) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate -- (make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand")
Antonyms of verb describe
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb describe
4 senses of describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
=> set forth, expound, exposit
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
report, describe, account
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
Sense 4
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> mark
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb describe
2 of 4 senses of describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
=> represent
=> delineate
=> sketch, outline, adumbrate
Sense 4
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> construct
=> inscribe
=> circumscribe
=> circumscribe
=> write
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb describe
4 senses of describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
=> set forth, expound, exposit
Sense 2
report, describe, account
=> inform
Sense 3
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
Sense 4
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> mark
'Cause To' of verb describe
Derived Forms of verb describe
2 of 4 senses of describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
RELATED TO>(noun) description#2
=> description
Sense 2
report, describe, account
RELATED TO>(adj) descriptive#1
=> descriptive
RELATED TO>(noun) description#2
=> description
Domain of verb describe
Domain Terms of verb describe
Familiarity of verb describe
describe used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb describe
4 senses of describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
report, describe, account
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
*> Somebody ----s PP
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb describe
3 of 4 senses of describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
> set forth, expound, exposit
=> describe, depict, draw
=> premise
Sense 2
report, describe, account
> inform
=> wise up
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
=> inoculate
=> acquaint
=> warn
=> inform
=> fill in
=> update
=> misinform, mislead
=> understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
=> undeceive
=> warn
=> advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
=> familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
=> prompt, remind, cue
=> volunteer
=> introduce, present, acquaint
=> regret
=> indicate, point, show
=> indicate
=> indicate, suggest
=> nark
=> explain, explicate
=> tell
=> tell, narrate, recount, recite
=> narrate
=> report, describe, account
=> report
=> report, cover
=> announce, denote
=> disabuse
=> remonstrate, point out
=> testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
Sense 4
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
> mark
=> dot
=> stigmatize, stigmatise
=> raddle
=> striate
=> red-ink
=> dimple
=> spot
=> crisscross
=> star, asterisk
=> flag
=> tip
=> underline, underscore
=> stripe
=> speck
=> bespot
=> trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> stake, post
=> brand
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb describe
Sense 1
describe, depict, draw
=> set forth, expound, exposit
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Sense 2
report, describe, account
=> inform
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Sense 3
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
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Sense 4
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> mark
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Grep of verb describe
describe
Grep of adj describe
described
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