sketch

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: studyvignettesurveyresumecartoonchalk outoutlineadumbrate

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. preliminary drawing for later elaboration“he made several studies before starting to paint”Synonyms: study
  2. a brief literary descriptionSynonyms: vignette
  3. short descriptive summary (of events)Synonyms: surveyresume
  4. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazineSynonyms: cartoon

Verb (2)

  1. make a sketch of“sketch the building”Synonyms: chalk out
  2. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of“sketch the outline of the book”“outline his ideas”Synonyms: outlineadumbrate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sketch \Sketch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sketched; p. pr. & vb. n. Sketching.] [Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See Sketch, n.]

1.To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of. [1913 Webster]

2.To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To delineate; design; draught; depict. [1913 Webster]

Sketch \Sketch\, n. [D. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse; cf. Esquisse.); cf. It. schizzare to splash, to 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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Outline; delineation; draught; plan; design.

Usage: Sketch, Outline, Delineation. An outline gives only the bounding lines of some scene or picture. A sketch fills up the outline in part, giving broad touches, by which an imperfect idea may be conveyed. A delineation goes further, carrying out the more striking features of the picture, and going so much into detail as to furnish a clear conception of the whole. Figuratively, we may speak of the outlines of a plan, of a work, of a project, etc., which serve as a basis on which the subordinate parts are formed, or of sketches of countries, characters, manners, etc., which give us a general idea of the things described. --Crabb. [1913 Webster]

Sketch \Sketch\, v. i. To make sketches, as of landscapes. [1913 Webster]
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