English Dictionary
◊ DESCRIBE
describe
v 1: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
[syn: {depict}, {draw}]
2: to give an account or representation of in words: "Discreet
Italian police described it in a manner typically
continental." [syn: {report}]
3: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the
outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape"
[syn: {trace}, {draw}, {line}, {outline}, {delineate}]
4: as in in botany or biology, for example [syn: {identify}, {discover},
{key}, {key out}, {distinguish}, {name}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ SCRIBE
Scribe
A text-formatting language by Brian Reid.
(1994-12-01)