describe

/dəˈskɹaɪb/

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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."
4. To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
   "The fungus was first described by a botanist."

Similar: betell, depict, portray, report, bewrite