describe meaning
EN
[dəˈskɹaɪb] [dɪsˈkɹaɪb] [-aɪb] 
US - VerbSGdescribesPRdescribingPT, PPdescribedPREdés-
- VT To represent in words.
- The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
- The geographer describes countries and cities.
- VT 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
- VT (mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
- The function describes a very complex surface.
- VT (taxonomy) 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.
- OBS To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
- VT To represent in words.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This describes the movie-goer's wish to overcome the difference between herself and the star so that she can become more like the star.
- Azara, who describes this animal, states, that there is some uncertainty as to its name; but he believes that this, as well as his yagouaroundi, is known by the name eira.
- To alleviate the problem of naming genes, reannotation of genes and proteins using a set of common, controlled vocabulary to describe a gene or protein is necessary.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Longipedlactone L [23 ] was isolated from Kadsura ananosma and longipedlactone H [24 ] from Kadsura longipedunculata as described.
- In that study, some of the subjects had dreams in which they were slaking their thirst, very much like the dreams of convenience Freud described.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of describe in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs
- en describes
- en described
- en describee
- en describer
- en describest
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "describe" is a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.