Write

v. mark with symbols and letters on a surface (with a pen, pencil, etc.); record, register; compose; carve, engrave; record data onto a storage medium (Computers)

Writing, is the representation of language in a textual medium; that is with the use of signs or symbols. It is distinguished from illustration such as cave drawings and paintings, and recording language via a non-textual medium such as magnetic tape audio.
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Verb
1. produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
(synonym) compose, pen, indite
(hypernym) create verbally
(hyponym) draw
(entail) spell
(see-also) write out, write up
(verb-group) publish
(derivation) writer, author
(classification) writing, authorship, composition, penning
2. communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) write in
(verb-group) drop a line
(derivation) writer
3. have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
(synonym) publish
(hypernym) create verbally
(verb-group) compose, pen, indite
(derivation) writer, author
4. communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
(synonym) drop a line
(hypernym) correspond
(derivation) writer
5. communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(verb-group) drop a line
(derivation) writer
6. write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
(synonym) compose
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) counterpoint
(classification) music
7. mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
(hypernym) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
(hyponym) stenograph
(derivation) writer
8. record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
(hypernym) record, tape
(hyponym) overwrite
(classification) computer science, computing
9. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
(synonym) spell
(hyponym) hyphenate, hyphen

(v. t.)
To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.
  

(v. t.)
To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
  

(v. t.)
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
  

(v. t.)
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
  

(v. t.)
Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
  

(v. i.)
To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
  

(v. i.)
To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
  

(v. i.)
To compose or send letters.
  

(v. i.)
To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.
  

To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium.