Examples of “describe” in a Sentence

verb To put something into words, giving an account of what it is like.

• Can you describe the man you saw at the door?
• She struggled to describe how the medicine made her feel.
• Try to describe the taste of the soup to me.

verb To trace or form a particular shape, especially in geometry.

• The comet's orbit describes a long, narrow ellipse.
• Use the compass to describe a perfect circle on the paper.
• The swinging pendulum describes an arc through the air.