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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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Translations
رَسْم تَخْطيطيلَمْحَه موجَزَهمُخَطَّطمَشْهَد مَسْرَحييرسُم بصورةٍ تَخْطيطِيَّه
skicanačrtnoutnástinskečskicovat
skitseskitsereridssketch
luonnosluonnostellasketsiskitsi
skicaskiciratiskeč
karcolatrövid életrajzskiccel
ágriprissa; gera frumrissskissaskissa, skets, òátturteikna, skissa
スケッチスケッチを描く
스케치스케치하다
eskizų albumaspaviršutiniškaipiešti eskiząskečasškicas
aprakstsetīdepārstāstsskečsskice
skečskicaskicovať
skica
nacrtskica
skissskissera
ภาพร่างร่างภาพ
kabataslak resim yapmakkaralamakaralama yapmakkesimkısa tanım
bức phác họaphác họa
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sketch
[ˈskɛtʃ] n
(= brief description) [person, situation, incident] → description f
The first section is a brief sketch of the school's early history
BUT La première partie retrace brièvement les débuts de l'école.
The first section is a brief sketch of the school's early history
BUT La première partie retrace brièvement les débuts de l'école.
(THEATRE, TV) → sketch m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sketch
n (Art, Liter) → Skizze f; (Mus) → Impression f; (Theat) → Sketch m; (= draft, design also) → Entwurf m
vt (lit, fig) → skizzieren
sketch
:sketch block
n → Skizzenblock m
sketchbook
n → Skizzenbuch nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sketch
[skɛtʃ]1. n
a. (drawing) → schizzo, abbozzo (fig) (rough draft, of ideas, plan) → abbozzo, schema m; (description) → schizzo
b. (Theatre) → sketch m inv
2. vt (draw) → schizzare, abbozzare (fig) (ideas, plan) → abbozzare
to sketch a map for sb → fare una piantina per qn
to sketch a map for sb → fare una piantina per qn
sketch in vt + adv (details) → inserire, aggiungere
sketch out vt + adv (plan, situation) → descrivere a grandi linee
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sketch
(sketʃ) noun1. a rough plan, drawing or painting. He made several sketches before starting the portrait.
2. a short (written or spoken) account without many details. The book began with a sketch of the author's life.
3. a short play, dramatic scene etc. a comic sketch.
verb1. to draw, describe, or plan without completing the details.
2. to make rough drawings, paintings etc. She sketches as a hobby.
ˈsketchy adjective1. incompletely done or carried out. a sketchy search.
2. slight or incomplete. a sketchy knowledge of French.
ˈsketchily adverbˈsketchiness noun
ˈsketch-book noun
a book for drawing sketches in.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sketch
→ مُخَطَّط, يَضَعُ مُخَطَّطاً načrtnout, skica skitse, skitsere Skizze, skizzieren σκιτσάρω, σκίτσο bosquejar, bosquejo luonnos, luonnostella esquisse, esquisser skica, skicirati fare uno schizzo di, schizzo スケッチ, スケッチを描く 스케치, 스케치하다 schets, schetsen skisse, skissere naszkicować, szkic desenho, esboçar, esboço рисовать эскиз, эскиз skiss, skissera ภาพร่าง, ร่างภาพ karalama, karalama yapmak bức phác họa, phác họa 画素描, 素描Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009