verb
- Give a description of.
- usage: "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
- To give an account or representation of in words.
- usage: "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
- Make a mark or lines on a surface.
- usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
- Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
adjective
- Represented in words especially with sharpness and detail.
- usage: "the vividly described wars"
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