describe

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

de·scribe (dĭ-skrībʹ)tr.v. de·scribed, de·scrib·ing, de·scribes
1. To give an account of in speech or writing.
2. To convey an idea or impression of; characterize:
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.
3. To represent pictorially; depict:
Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
4. To trace the form or outline of:
describe a circle with a compass. [Middle English describen, from Latin dēscrībere, to write down : dē-, de- + scrībere, to write; See skrībh- in Indo-European Roots.] de·scribʹa·ble adj.de·scribʹer n. 
Synonyms: describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report
These verbs mean to tell the facts, details, or particulars of something verbally or in writing: described the accident; narrated their travel experiences; an explorer reciting her adventures; a mercenary recounting his exploits; parents rehearsing street safety with their children; related the day's events; reported what she had seen.

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