1. (

• describe ,
• depict ,
• draw

) give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" ;

2. (

• report ,
• describe ,
• account ,

) to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" ;

3. (

• trace ,
• draw ,
• line ,
• describe ,
• delineate

) make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" ;

4. (

• identify ,
• discover ,
• key ,
• key_out ,
• distinguish ,
• describe ,
• name ,

) identify as in botany or biology, for example ;

1. (

• described

) represented in words especially with sharpness and detail; "the vividly described wars" ;