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 Definitions of sketch  [ɛtʃ]  

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Definition of 'sketch' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sketch
a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, esp. a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.

2.  sketch
a rough design, plan, or draft, as of a book.

3.  sketch
a brief or hasty outline of facts, occurrences, etc.

4.  sketch
a short piece of writing, usu. descriptive.

5.  sketch
a short comic piece or routine or a brief dramatic scene.

6. (v.t.) sketch
to make a sketch of.

7.  sketch
to set forth in a brief or general account.

8. (v.i.) sketch
to make a sketch or sketches.

Etymology:  (1660–70; < D schets (n.) &indirdesc; It schizzo < L schedium extemporaneous poem, n. use of neut. of schedius extempore < Gk schédios)

Definition of 'sketch' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sketch, study
preliminary drawing for later elaboration
"he made several studies before starting to paint"

2. (noun) sketch, vignette
a brief literary description

3. (noun) sketch, survey, resume
short descriptive summary (of events)

4. (verb) cartoon, sketch
a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

5. (verb) sketch, chalk out
make a sketch of
"sketch the building"

6. (verb) sketch, outline, adumbrate
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"


Definition of 'sketch' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) sketch
a drawing made of simple lines
a sketch of the mountain landscape

2.  sketch
a short funny performance that is one part of a show
a comedy sketch

3. (verb) sketch
to make a drawing using simple lines
He sketched the kids as they played.; sitting on the beach sketching

4.  sketch
to make a broad plan without being specific
We sketched out a few possible scenarios.


Definition of 'sketch' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) sketch
an outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work

2. (noun) sketch
to draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of

3. (noun) sketch
to plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of

4. (verb) sketch
to make sketches, as of landscapes


Translation of 'sketch' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a rough plan, drawing or painting
He made several sketches before starting the portrait.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skets Arabic flag Arabic: رَسْم تَخْطيطي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: скица
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esboço Czech flag Czech: skica German flag German: die Skizze
Danish flag Danish: skitse Greek flag Greek: πρόχειρο σχέδιο, σκίτσο Spanish flag Spanish: esbozo, croquis
Estonian flag Estonian: kavand, skits Farsi flag Farsi: نقاشي ساده Finnish flag Finnish: luonnos
French flag French: croquis, esquisse Hebrew flag Hebrew: רֶשוֹמֶת, סְקִיצָה Hindi flag Hindi: खाका
Croatian flag Croatian: skica, studija Hungarian flag Hungarian: vázlat Indonesian flag Indonesian: sketsa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skissa Italian flag Italian: schizzo, disegno Japanese flag Japanese: スケッチ
Korean flag Korean: 스케치 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: eskizas,škicas Latvian flag Latvian: skice; etīde; uzmetums
Malay flag Malay: lakaran Dutch flag Dutch: schets Norwegian flag Norwegian: skisse, utkast
Polish flag Polish: szkic Persian flag Persian: نقاشي ساده Pashto flag Pashto: سكيچ، خاكه، نقشه: مسوده:
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esboço Romanian flag Romanian: crochiu, desen, schiţă Russian flag Russian: эскиз, набросок
Slovak flag Slovak: skica Slovenian flag Slovenian: skica Serbian flag Serbian: skica
Swedish flag Swedish: skiss Thai flag Thai: ภาพร่าง Turkish flag Turkish: taslak, kroki
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 草圖 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ескіз Urdu flag Urdu: خاکہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bức phác họa Chinese flag Chinese: 草图

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