verb (v)

• give a description of(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  depict, draw
  

  source: wordnet30
• to give an account or representation of in words(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental.
  

  Synonym:
  account, report
  

  source: wordnet30
• make a mark or lines on a surface(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  delineate, draw, line, trace
  

  source: wordnet30
• identify as in botany or biology, for example(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name
  

  source: wordnet30
• To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.(verb)

  source: webster1913