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describe

pronunciation:: dih skraIb
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part of speech:	verb
inflections:	describes, describing, described
definition:	When you describe something, you tell about it in a way that gives someone else a picture of it or a feeling about it. When you describe a food, you might say if it's salty or sweet, hot or cold, or you might say what color or shape it is. You might also say if it's crunchy or crisp or smooth or hard. Danny described the places he saw on his vacation, and everything sounded amazing.Ella's dad looks exactly the way she described him to me. similar words: characterize, detail, narrate, relate, report
related words:	call, demonstrate
derivation:	describable (adj.)

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