describe-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: give an account or convey impression of

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent[human]] DESCRIBE NP2
NOTE: Oral, written or verbal account of something.

Examples:
Could you describe your attacker?
He described the painting in detail.
Let me describe to you how it happened.
She described Gary as shy.
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.

Mappings:
VerbNet: characterize-29.2-1-1
FrameNet: Communicate_categorization
PropBank: describe.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 4

Sense Number 2: depict or represent something pictorially

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[human] DESCRIBE NP2

Examples:
Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
Curves in two of the graphs describe performance when using these routines.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 3: trace the form or outline of

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[instrument] DESCRIBE NP2

Examples:
The plane described a perfect figure eight.
He used compasses to describe a circle.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3