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sketch
(skĕch)n.
1. A hasty or undetailed drawing or painting often made as a preliminary study.
2. A brief general account or presentation; an outline.
3.
a. A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or a short story.
b. Music A brief composition, especially for the piano.
c. A short, often satirical scene or play in a revue or variety show; a skit.
4. Informal An amusing person.
v. sketched, sketch·ing, sketch·es
v.tr.
To make a sketch of; outline.
v.intr.
To make a sketch.
[Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare, to splash, of imitative origin.]
sketch′er n.
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sketch
(skɛtʃ)n
1. (Art Terms) a rapid drawing or painting, often a study for subsequent elaboration
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a brief usually descriptive and informal essay or other literary composition
3. (Theatre) a short play, often comic, forming part of a revue
4. (Music, other) a short evocative piece of instrumental music, esp for piano
5. any brief outline
vb
6. (Art Terms) to make a rough drawing (of)
7. (often foll by: out) to make a brief description of
[C17: from Dutch schets, via Italian from Latin schedius hastily made, from Greek skhedios unprepared]
ˈsketchable adj
ˈsketcher n
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sketch
(skɛtʃ)n.
1. a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, esp. a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
2. a rough design, plan, or draft, as of a book.
3. a brief or hasty outline of facts, occurrences, etc.
4. a short piece of writing, usu. descriptive.
5. a short comic piece or routine or a brief dramatic scene.
v.t. 6. to make a sketch of.
7. to set forth in a brief or general account.
v.i. 8. to make a sketch or sketches.
[1660–70; < Dutch schets (n.) « Italian schizzo < Latin schedium extemporaneous poem, n. use of neuter of schedius extempore < Greek schédios]
sketch′a•ble, adj.
sketch′er, n.
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sketch
Past participle: sketched
Gerund: sketching
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| Noun | 1. |  sketch - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"design - a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building" rough drawing, draft - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" vignette - a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books) |
| 2. | sketch - a brief literary description description - the act of describing something | |
| 3. |  sketch - short descriptive summary (of events) | |
| 4. |  sketch - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazinepublication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies, strip - a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | |
| Verb | 1. | sketch - make a sketch of; "sketch the building" artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
| 2. |  sketch - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"block out - indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan" |
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sketch
noun
1. drawing, design, representation, draft, delineation a sketch of a soldier
verb
1. draw, paint, outline, represent, draft, portray, depict, delineate, rough out I sketched the scene with my pen and paper.
2. summarize, give a summary of, give a resume of, go through the main points of He sketched the story briefly.
sketch something out outline, describe, map out, plot, block out, give an idea of, rough out A settlement was sketched out at a meeting of Russian ministers.
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sketch
nounverb
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sketch
[sketʃ]A. N
1. (= drawing) → dibujo m; (= preliminary drawing) → esbozo m, bosquejo m; (= rough drawing) → croquis m inv; (= plan) → borrador m, esquema m
2. (Theat) → sketch m
D. CPD sketch map N → croquis m inv
sketch pad N = sketching pad
sketch pad N = sketching pad
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sketch
(sketʃ) noun1. a rough plan, drawing or painting. He made several sketches before starting the portrait.esbozo, croquis
2. a short (written or spoken) account without many details. The book began with a sketch of the author's life.boceto, borrador, esquema
3. a short play, dramatic scene etc. a comic sketch.sainete
verb1. to draw, describe, or plan without completing the details. esbozar
2. to make rough drawings, paintings etc. She sketches as a hobby. hacer croquis/bocetos
ˈsketchy adjective1. incompletely done or carried out. a sketchy search.incompleto, sin detalles
2. slight or incomplete. a sketchy knowledge of French.básico
ˈsketchily adverbˈsketchiness noun forma incompleta
ˈsketch-book noun a book for drawing sketches in. cuaderno de bocetos/croquis/esbozos
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sketch
→ bosquejar , bosquejoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009