To trace or form upon the surface of some material (a significant character or characters, especially characters constituting or representing words); set down, in a manner adapted for reading, with a pen, pencil, style, or anything with which marks can be made; inscribe: as, to write a word on paper; to write one's name with the finger in sand.To cover with writing; trace readable characters over the surface of.To express or communicate in writing; give a written account of; make a record of, as something known, thought, or believed: as, to write one's observations; he wrote down all he could remember.To set forth as an author, or produce in writing, either by one's own or another's hand; compose and produce as an author.To designate by writing; style or entitle in writing; record: with an objective word or phrase.To record; set down legibly; engrave.To write in depreciation of; injure by writing against: as, to write down a play or a financial undertaking; to write down an actor or a candidate.To exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing: used refiexively: as, that author has written himself out.To attempt to elevate in estimation or credit by favorable writing; commend to the public; puff: as, to write up a new play or a candidate.To be acquainted with or practise the art of writing; engage in the formation of written words or characters, either occasionally or as an occupation: as, to write in school; to write as a lawyer's clerk.To express ideas in writing; practise written composition; work as an author, or engage in authorship.To conduct epistolary correspondence; communicate by means of letter-writing; convey information by letter or the like: as, to write to a distant friend; write as soon as you arrive.n. Writing: chiefly in the phrase hand of write.