sketch

sketch  (skch)

n.

1. A hasty or undetailed drawing or painting often made as a preliminary study.

2. A brief general account or presentation; an outline.

3.

a. A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or a short story.

b. Music A brief composition, especially for the piano.

c. A short, often satirical scene or play in a revue or variety show; a skit.

4. Informal An amusing person.

v. sketched, sketch·ing, sketch·es

v.tr.

To make a sketch of; outline.

v.intr.

To make a sketch.

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[Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare, to splash, of imitative origin.]

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sketcher n.

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sketch

Noun

1. a quick rough drawing

2. a brief descriptive piece of writing

3. a short funny piece of acting forming part of a show

4. any brief outline

Verb

1. to make a quick rough drawing (of)

2. sketch out to make a brief description of: they sketched out plans for the invasion [Greek skhedios unprepared]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sketch - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" study design - a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building" rough drawing, draft - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" vignette - a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
	2.	sketch - a brief literary description vignette description - the act of describing something
	3.	sketch - short descriptive summary (of events) resume, survey sum-up, summary - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"
	4.	sketch - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine cartoon publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies, strip - a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
Verb	1.	sketch - make a sketch of; "sketch the building" chalk out artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
	2.	sketch - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" adumbrate, outline describe, depict, draw - give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" block out - indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan"

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sketch

noun 1. drawing, design, draft, delineation

noun 2. draft, outline, framework, plan, frame, rough, skeleton, layout, lineament(s)

noun 3. skit, piece, scene, turn, act, performance, item, routine, number

verb 4. draw, paint, outline, represent, draft, portray, depict, delineate, rough out

Translations

sketch [skɛtʃ] n (= drawing) → dibujo (= outline); esbozo, bosquejo;

(THEAT) → pieza corta

vt → dibujar; esbozar

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sketch [skɛtʃ] n (= drawing) → croquis m, esquisse f (= outline plan); aperçu m;

(Theat) → sketch m, saynète f

vt → esquisser, faire un croquis or une esquisse de [+ plan etc]; esquisser

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sketch [skɛtʃ] n → Skizze f;

(Theat, TV) → Sketch m

vt → skizzieren;

(also: sketch out) (ideas) → umreißen

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sketch [skɛtʃ] n (drawing) → schizzo, abbozzo;

(THEAT etc) → scenetta comica, sketch m inv

vt → abbozzare, schizzare