transitive. To give a written or spoken description or characterization of; = describe, v. 1. Also occasionally intransitive.

To depict or portray in words; to describe graphically, or by comparison.

transitive. To depict, describe, or call to mind through the use of words; to set forth as in a painting.

transitive. To represent or depict in words; to describe vividly; to set forth.

To depict, describe vividly. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. To represent or describe vividly; to set forth in speech or writing; = portray, v. 4. Also with out.

transitive. To represent or expound in speech or writing; to describe, esp. vividly or graphically.

transitive. To describe vividly or graphically in words. Also with out, forth.

transitive. To depict or represent with a pencil; to outline, sketch, or delineate in pencil. Also figurative: to depict in words; to produce or…

transitive. To deal with, give, relate, or describe minutely or circumstantially; to give particulars of; to enumerate, mention, or relate in detail.

To represent or portray in words; to describe graphically.

To set forth or portray in words; = depict, v. 2.

figurative. To represent or describe with minute exactitude. Obsolete.

transitive. To describe or depict vividly in words; to make a word picture of. Also intransitive.

transitive. figurative. To portray vividly in words; to fix or impress in the mind or memory.

figurative. To ‘catch’ or describe quickly or vividly.