(1) - Description (n.) A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. (2) - Description (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. (3) - Description (n.) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
(1) - Descriptive (a.) Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.