- 4. Extraction, derivation, parentage, genealogy.
- 5. Attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion.
Describe, v. a.
- 1. Delineate, trace, draw, mark out.
- 2. Represent (by words), portray, depict, explain, recount, narrate, relate, give an account of, set forth.
- 3. Characterize, specify the peculiarities of, set forth the character of.
Description, n.
- 1. Delineation, tracing.
- 2. Representation, explanation, account, relation, recital, report, narration, narrative.
- 3. Sort, kind, class, species.
Descry, v. a.
- 1. Discover, discern, espy, perceive, see, behold, get sight of, get a glimpse of.
- 2. Detect, recognize, find out, spy out.
Desecrate, v. a. Profane, pollute, treat sacrilegiously, pervert to unholy uses.
Desecration, n. Profanation, pollution, perversion to unholy uses, sacrilegious treatment.
Desert, a. Uninhabited, desolate, forsaken, wild, waste, barren, untilled.
Desert, n. Wilderness, waste, solitude, deserted region.
Desert, n. Deserving, due, merit or demerit.
Desert, v. a.
- 1. Forsake, leave, quit, abandon, renounce, leave in the lurch, turn one’s back upon.
- 2. Leave unlawfully, run away from.
Desert, v. n. Abandon one’s post, run away from military service.
Deserted, a. Forsaken, abandoned, relinquished, given up, cast off, lonely, lone.