describing

  • (verb): To represent in words.
  • (verb): To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
  • (verb): To give rise to a geometrical structure.
  • (verb): To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
  • (verb): To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
  • The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
  • to describe a circle by the compasses;   a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
  • The function describes a very complex surface.
  • The fungus was first described by a botanist.