(~s, defining, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
We were unable to ~ what exactly was wrong with him...
He was asked to ~ his concept of cool.
VERB: V wh, V n
~d
...a party with a clearly ~d programme and strict rules of membership.
= delineated
ADJ: usu adv ADJ
2.
If you ~ a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.
Collins English Dictionary ~s a workaholic as ‘a person obsessively addicted to work’.
VERB: V n as n