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noun
1.
a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially 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.: a sketch of his life.
4.
a short, usually descriptive, essay, history, or story.
5.
a short play or slight dramatic performance, as one forming part of a vaudeville program.
verb (used with object)
6.
to make a sketch of.
7.
to set forth in a brief or general account: He sketched his own part in the affair.
8.
Metallurgy. (in a steel mill or the like) to mark (a piece) for cutting.
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Sketch
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verb (used without object)
9.
to make a sketch or sketches.
Origin:
1660–70; < Dutch schets (noun) ≪ Italian schizzo < Latin schedium extemporaneous poem, noun use of neuter of schedius extempore < Greek schédios
1660–70; < Dutch schets (noun) ≪ Italian schizzo < Latin schedium extemporaneous poem, noun use of neuter of schedius extempore < Greek schédios
Related forms
sketch·er, noun
sketch·ing·ly, adverb
sketch·like, adjective
re·sketch, verb (used with object)
un·sketched, adjective
EXPANDwell-sketched, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. outline. 5. skit, act, routine. 6. draw, outline, design, rough out, delineate, represent. See depict.
2. outline. 5. skit, act, routine. 6. draw, outline, design, rough out, delineate, represent. See depict.
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- At the same time, it's a lot more than a simple sketch app.
- Encourage each group to sketch a map showing the areas affected by the environmental problem.
- Sketch out your vision, then return here to upload your ideas, see other submissions and vote for your favorites.
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Word Origin & History
sketch
"rough drawing intended to serve as the bases for a finished picture," 1668, from Du. schets, from It. schizzo "sketch, drawing," lit. "a splash, squirt," from schizzare "to splash or squirt," of uncertain origin, perhaps from L. schedium "an extemporaneous poem," from Gk. skedios "temporary, extemporaneous,"
EXPANDrelated to skhein, aor. inf. of ekhein "to have" (see scheme). Ger. Skizze, Fr. esquisse, Sp. esquicio are from Italian. The verb is attested from 1694. Extended sense of "brief account" is from 1668; meaning "short play or performance, usually comic" is from 1789. Sketchy first recorded 1805.
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sketch
traditionally a rough drawing or painting in which an artist notes down his preliminary ideas for a work that will eventually be realized with greater precision and detail. The term also applies to brief creative pieces that per se may have artistic merit
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