Delineateverb
To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
Describeverb
(transitive) To represent in words.
‘The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.’; ‘The geographer describes countries and cities.’;
Delineateverb
To depict, represent with pictures.
Describeverb
(transitive) 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’;
Delineateverb
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
Describeverb
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
‘The function describes a very complex surface.’;
Delineateverb
To outline or mark out.
Describeverb
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.’;
Delineateadjective
Delineated; portrayed.
Describeverb
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Delineateverb
To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.
‘Adventurous to delineate nature's form.’;
Describeverb
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.
Delineateverb
To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
‘Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.’;
Describeverb
To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
Delineateverb
delineate the form or outline of;
‘The tree was clearly defined by the light’; ‘The camera could define the smallest object’;
Describeverb
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
‘Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.’;
Delineateverb
determine the essential quality of
Describeverb
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Delineateverb
trace the shape of
Describeverb
give a description of;
‘He drew an elaborate plan of attack’;
Delineateverb
make a mark or lines on a surface;
‘draw a line’; ‘trace the outline of a figure in the sand’;
Describeverb
to give an account or representation of in words;
‘Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental’;
Delineateverb
describe in vivid detail
Describeverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Delineateadjective
represented accurately or precisely
Describeverb
make a mark or lines on a surface;
‘draw a line’; ‘trace the outline of a figure in the sand’;
