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describe

/dɪˈskɹaɪb/ verbe A1

En français : décrire

  1. To represent in words. (transitive) · The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.· The geographer describes countries and cities.
  2. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. (transitive) · to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
  3. To give rise to a geometrical structure. (transitive) · The function describes a very complex surface.
  4. To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. (transitive) · The fungus was first described by a botanist.

He/she/it describes · Prétérit described · Participe passé described · Forme en -ing describing

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Dans la bibliothèque

Then they began their flight; and the flight of the Monkey-People through tree-land is one of the things nobody can describe.
The Jungle Book, p. 38 · B2
Spencer described it so’s you could tell.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
The whole apartment was of a rigidity not to be described in words, but which sent a shiver to the very marrow of Anne’s bones.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 35 · C1
Rachel came, wandering at her own sweet will through the lush, tremulous grasses splashed with ruddy evening sunshine; so that good lady had an excellent chance to talk her illness fully over, describing every ache and pulse beat with such evident enjoyment that Marilla thought even grippe must bring its compensations.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 63 · C1

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