Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
describe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sometimes spelled “chowchow,” some linked its name to nineteenth-century Chinese railway workers, for whom the term described a condiment of orange peel and ginger in heavy syrup.
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The man replied that the term described the company's growth strategy for 2006 - to fund all loans.
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Accusing someone of "plagiarizing" off the Internet, at least under the circumstances herein described, is tantamount to accusing a writer of cheating by using reference books in a library.
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Accusing someone of "plagiarizing" off the Internet, at least under the circumstances herein described, is tantamount to accusing a writer of cheating by using reference books in a library.
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James added: With Punk IPA the panel decided that the phrase 'this is an aggressive beer' on the label described a flavour characteristic of the product and the phrase when read in context, clearly referred to the taste of the product.
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James added: With Punk IPA the panel decided that the phrase 'this is an aggressive beer' on the label described a flavour characteristic of the product and the phrase when read in context, clearly referred to the taste of the product.
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The clinic administered the drug by what the label described as the "preferred" method -- "deep intramuscular injection."
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In World War II, the word described suicidal pilots who dived their planes into enemy ships.
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In World War II, the word described suicidal pilots who dived their planes into enemy ships.
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The phrase described one technique for physically searching a crime scene for clues, in which the CS officer covers the floor or ground in one direction, back and forth, like mowing a lawn, then turns perpendicular and covers the same ground again.
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