Describeverb
(transitive) To represent in words.
‘The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.’; ‘The geographer describes countries and cities.’;
Portrayverb
To paint or draw the likeness of.
‘I will portray a king on horseback.’;
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’;
Portrayverb
(figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
Describeverb
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
‘The function describes a very complex surface.’;
Portrayverb
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
‘For my next movie, I will be portraying Shakespeare.’;
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.’;
Portrayverb
(obsolete) To adorn.
Describeverb
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Portrayverb
To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
‘Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem.’;
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.
Portrayverb
Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
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.
Portrayverb
To adorn with pictures.
‘Spear and helmets thronged, and shieldsVarious with boastful arguments potrayed.’;
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.’;
Portrayverb
portray in words;
‘The book portrays the actor as a selfish person’;
Describeverb
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Portrayverb
make a portrait of;
‘Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba’;
Describeverb
give a description of;
‘He drew an elaborate plan of attack’;
Portrayverb
assume or act the character of;
‘She impersonates Madonna’; ‘The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man’;
Describeverb
to give an account or representation of in words;
‘Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental’;
Portrayverb
represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally;
‘The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting’;
Describeverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Describeverb
make a mark or lines on a surface;
‘draw a line’; ‘trace the outline of a figure in the sand’;
