describe
//dɪˈskraɪb//
Verb
describeInfinitive
describePresent tense
describedPast tense
describedPast participle
describingPresent participle
describesThird-person singular
1
to give an account in words of someone or something, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events
Can you describe what the man looked like?
2
to say what something is like or what someone or something looks like
Can you describe what the man looked like?
3
to make a movement that has a particular shape; to form a particular shape
The satellite describes an orbit around the Earth.