Crossword clues for described
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Describe \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Described; p. pr. & vb. n. Describing.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. d['e]crire. See Scribe, and cf. Descry.]
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.
To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
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To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.]
Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.
--Josh. xviii. 9.Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: describe)
WordNet
adj. represented in words especially with sharpness and detail; "the vividly described wars"
Usage examples of "described".
It all goes with the Cussler image of an author who was once described as following the beat of a drummer who was playing in a field on the other side of town.
Then the intruder passed into a scene that he had envisioned in his mind a hundred times and that could only be described in a novel.
InIceberg , at least as it was originally published, Kristjan and his sister Kirsti were described as identical twins-of course, that is impossible for siblings of different sexes.
The primary villain, Foss Gly, who appears in a later Pitt novel, is described in detail.
InInca Gold , he's the owner of the Box Car Cafe and described as a tall man in his early sixties, with gray hair and a white beard.
His ships are described as decrepit rust buckets and feature a big yellow M painted on the smoke funnels.
His chair was literally burned out from under him, and his corpse is described as a scorched form curled up in a fetus position, the knees drawn up to the chin and the arms pulled tightly against the sides.
The company is described as a very reputable and very fine British firm.
A flight attendant with Bristol Airlines, she is described as having absorbing violet eyes framed by neatly brushed red hair.
Nineteen years old, she is described as big boned and large-breasted with a freckled face.
Created by microbiologist John Vetterly, QD is described as an artificial form of life that in turn was capable of producing a disease strain that was and still is quite unknown.
Beatty is described as having blue-green eyes over a salt-and-pepper beard.
Sixty-six years old, he is described as having black, carefully brushed hair, receding and sprinkled with gray.
A professor, Edgely is described as having an old-fashioned crew cut and wearing a bow tie.
When Pitt and his group first stumble upon the outside of the structure, it is described as having a massive iron gate whose bars are welded in the slfape of dolphins.