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   Sketch

   /skeCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture: "a charcoal sketch" Similar drawingpreliminary drawingoutlinediagramrepresentationdelineationdesignplanartist's impressiontracinginformal:roughtechnical:underdrawingcartoonmaquetteébaucheesquissecroquis
   • ▪ a brief written or spoken account or description, giving only basic details: "a biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway" Similar outlinebrief idearundownrun-throughmain pointsthumbnail sketchbonesbare bonesskeletonsummarysynopsisbrief descriptionrecapitulationsummarizationabstractprecisrésumétour d'horizonwrap-upinformal:recapdescriptionportraitvignettecameoprofileportrayaldepictionpotted biography
   • ▪ a rough or unfinished version of any creative work: "you can see how the first movement evolved from the composer's sketches"
   • 2. a short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a comedy program: "a hilarious sketch for their latest BBC series" Similar skitscenepieceperformanceactitemturnroutinenumberplaylet
   • 3. a comical or amusing person or thing. informal, dated

   verb

   • 1. make a rough drawing of: "as they talked, Modigliani began to sketch her" Similar drawmake a drawing ofdraw a picture ofdepictportrayrepresentdelineatepencilrough outoutline
   • ▪ give a brief account or general outline of something: "they sketched out the prosecution case" Similar describeoutlinegive a brief idea ofgive a rundown ofgive a thumbnail sketch ofrough outblock outtrace outchalk outmap outdelineateindicatesummarizegive a summary ofgive an abstract/precis/résumé ofprecisrecapitulate
   • ▪ perform (a gesture) with one's hands or body: "he sketched a graceful bow in her direction"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare ‘make a sketch’, based on Greek skhedios ‘done extempore’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sketcher noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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