1. to tell or depict in words; give an account of: to describe an accident in detail. 2. to pronounce, as by a designating term or phrase: to describe someone as a tyrant. 3. to represent or delineate by a picture. 4. to draw or trace the outline of: to describe an arc. de•scrib′er, n.
DESCRIBE meaning: 1 : to tell someone the appearance, sound, smell, events, etc., of (something or someone) to say what something or someone is like often + as; 2 : to make a motion or draw a line that shows the shape of (something)