Describe and Take

Describe

Describe verb - To give a representation or account of in words.

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Take and describe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Describe".

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Describe and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Describe" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

power	describe power	take power
life	describe life	take life
action	describe action	take action
people	describe people	take people
Other words: job, place, effect, time, way.

In Fandoms where You Gotta Have Blue Hair instead, fanfic writers will take the word brunette and use it to invent new words to describe hair colors such as "the bluenette" and "the silverette".

Source: Purple Prose
Noodle Incident: Angel and Fancy Pants are involved in a feud whose abridged history would take three full nights to describe.

Source: Fan Fic / The Many Secret Origins Of Scootaloo
You may take the following as my personal pledge...the word tribulation will not begin to describe what is in store for you.

Source: Literature / Left Behind

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