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describe

/dəˈskɹaɪb/
verb
  1. To represent in words.

    "The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant."

  2. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.

    "to describe a circle by the compasses;   a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle"

  3. To give rise to a geometrical structure.

    "The function describes a very complex surface."

Synonymsbetell, depict, portray, report, bewrite

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