describe

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. give a description of (Freq. 77)
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
• Syn:
depict, draw
• Derivationally related forms:
depiction (for: depict), picture (for: depict), description
• Hypernyms:
set forth, expound, exposit
• Hyponyms:
represent, delineate, sketch, outline, adumbrate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. to give an account or representation of in words (Freq. 52)
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
• Syn:
report, account
• Derivationally related forms:
account (for: account), descriptive, description, report (for: report)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. make a mark or lines on a surface (Freq. 1)
- draw a line
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
• Syn:
trace, draw, line, delineate
• Derivationally related forms:
delineation (for: delineate), line (for: line), lineation (for: line), drawing (for: draw), trace (for: trace), tracer (for: trace), tracing (for: trace)
• Hypernyms:
mark
• Hyponyms:
construct, inscribe, circumscribe, write
• Verb Group:
draw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. identify as in botany or biology, for example (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name
• Derivationally related forms:
name (for: name), naming (for: name), identifiable (for: identify), identification (for: identify), identity (for: identify)
• Entailment:
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name, trace, draw, line, delineate, report, account, depict