Definitions for sketch
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sketch, studynoun

   preliminary drawing for later elaboration

   "he made several studies before starting to paint"

2. sketch, vignettenoun

   a brief literary description

3. sketch, survey, resumenoun

   short descriptive summary (of events)

4. cartoon, sketchverb

   a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

5. sketch, chalk outverb

   make a sketch of

   "sketch the building"

6. sketch, outline, adumbrateverb

   describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

   "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sketchnoun

   A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

2. sketchnoun

   A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.

3. sketchnoun

   A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.

4. sketchnoun

   A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; eg. a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit; or, a brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano; or, a brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.

5. sketchnoun

   An amusing person.

6. sketchnoun

   Keeping sketch: to keep a lookout.

7. sketchverb

   To make a brief, basic drawing.

   I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.

8. sketchverb

   To describe a person, or an incident, briefly, and with very few details.

   He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sketchnoun

   An outline; a rough draught; a first plan.

   Etymology: schedula, Latin.

   I shall not attempt a character of his present majesty, having already given an imperfect sketch of it. Addison.

   As the lightest sketch, if justly trac’d,
   Is by ill colouring but the more disgrac’d,
   So by false learning is good sense defac’d. Alexander Pope.

2. To Sketchverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To draw, by tracing the outline.

   If a picture is daubed with many glaring colours, the vulgar eye admires it; whereas he judges very contemptuously of some admirable design sketched out only with a black pencil, though by the hand of Raphael. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. To plan, by giving the first or principal notion.

   The reader I’ll leave in the midst of silence, to contemplate those ideas which I have only sketch’d, and which every man must finish for himself. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sketch

   A sketch is a rough or unfinished drawing or outline, often made to assist in creating a more detailed work. It can also refer to a brief written or spoken account or description, giving the main points or structure of something, or a short play or performance, expressing a comedic or satiric idea.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sketchnoun

   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. Sketchnoun

   to draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of

3. Sketchnoun

   to plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of

4. Sketchverb

   to make sketches, as of landscapes

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sketch

   skech, n. a first draft of any plan or painting: an outline, a short and slightly constructed play, essay, &c.: a short dramatic scene for representation by two persons: an artist's preliminary study of a work to be elaborated.—v.t. to make a rough draft of: to draw the outline: to give the principal points of.—v.i. to practise sketching.—adj. Sketch′able, capable of being sketched effectively.—ns. Sketch′book, a blank book used for sketching by an artist or writer: a printed volume of literary sketches; Sketch′er, one who sketches.—adv. Sketch′ily.—n. Sketch′iness.—adj. Sketch′y, containing a sketch or outline: incomplete, slight. [Dut. schets, It. schizzo—L. schedium—schedius, made off-hand—Gr. schedios, sudden.]

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1. sketch

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SKETCH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sketch is ranked #131379 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sketch surname appeared 129 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sketch.
   
   99.2% or 128 total occurrences were White.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sketch' in Nouns Frequency: #2736

How to pronounce sketch?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sketch in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sketch in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sketch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sketch in a Sentence

1. Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Graham:

   Management clearly has gone all out over the last two quarters to aggregate video content and begin to sketch out a business case.

2. SKETCH MCGETCH:

   It ain't a day worth having unless there's some site seeing, something I can sketch and trip in; a cool rock, maybe a leaf, something that lights up, or a scented gel pen to remember the memory along with a photo of the day. -SKETCH MCGETCH

3. Talesa Marie Chartrand:

   I'm a little wacky doodle, a sketch mcgetch, half ass between day dreaming and paranoid.

4. John Koenig:

   We sketch monsters on the map because we find their presence comforting. They guard the edges of the abyss, and force us to look away; so we can live comfortably in the Known World, at least for a little while.

5. Eddie Murphy:

   I totally understood, it was the biggest thing in the news at the time. I can see why they thought it would be funny, and the sketch that Norm [Macdonald] wrote was hysterical.

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