sketch (sk ch)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. [Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare, to splash, of imitative origin.] sketch  er n. |
sketch [skɛtʃ]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a rapid drawing or painting, often a study for subsequent elaboration
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a brief usually descriptive and informal essay or other literary composition
3. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a short play, often comic, forming part of a revue
4. (Music, other) a short evocative piece of instrumental music, esp for piano
5. any brief outline
vb
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to make a rough drawing (of)
2. (tr; often foll by out) to make a brief description of
[from Dutch schets, via Italian from Latin schedius hastily made, from Greek skhedios unprepared]
sketchable adj
sketcher n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  sketch - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"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 description - the act of describing something | |
| 3. |  sketch - short descriptive summary (of events) | |
| 4. |  sketch - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazinepublication - 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" 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" block out - indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan" |
sketch
noun
1. drawing, design, representation, draft, delineation a sketch of a soldier
Translations
sketch [sketʃ]
sketch [ˈskɛtʃ]
n
(= brief description) [person, situation, incident] → description f
The first section is a brief sketch of the school's early history
BUT La première partie retrace brièvement les débuts de l'école.
The first section is a brief sketch of the school's early history
BUT La première partie retrace brièvement les débuts de l'école.
(THEATRE, TV) → sketch m
sketch
sketch:
n (Art, Liter) → Skizze f; (Mus) → Impression f; (Theat) → Sketch m; (= draft, design also) → Entwurf m
vt (lit, fig) → skizzieren
sketch:
sketch block
n → Skizzenblock m
sketchbook
n → Skizzenbuch nt
sketch [skɛtʃ]
sketch [skɛtʃ]
1. n
a. (drawing) → schizzo, abbozzo (fig) (rough draft, of ideas, plan) → abbozzo, schema m; (description) → schizzo
b. (Theatre) → sketch m inv
2. vt (draw) → schizzare, abbozzare (fig) (ideas, plan) → abbozzare
to sketch a map for sb → fare una piantina per qn
to sketch a map for sb → fare una piantina per qn
sketch in vt + adv (details) → inserire, aggiungere
sketch out vt + adv (plan, situation) → descrivere a grandi linee
sketch [skɛtʃ]
1. n
a. (drawing) → schizzo, abbozzo (fig) (rough draft, of ideas, plan) → abbozzo, schema m; (description) → schizzo
b. (Theatre) → sketch m inv
2. vt (draw) → schizzare, abbozzare (fig) (ideas, plan) → abbozzare
to sketch a map for sb → fare una piantina per qn
to sketch a map for sb → fare una piantina per qn
sketch in vt + adv (details) → inserire, aggiungere
sketch out vt + adv (plan, situation) → descrivere a grandi linee
n sketch [sketʃ]
1 a rough plan, drawing or painting He made several sketches before starting the portrait. skets رَسْم تَخْطيطي скица skica skitse die Skizze πρόχειρο σχέδιο, σκίτσο esbozo, croquis kavand, skits نقاشي ساده luonnos croquis, esquisse רֶשוֹמֶת, סְקִיצָה खाका skica, studija vázlat sketsa skissa schizzo, disegno スケッチ 스케치 eskizas, škicas skice; etīde; uzmetums lakaran schets skisse, utkast szkic esboço crochiu, desen, schiţă эскиз, набросок skica skica skica skiss ภาพร่าง taslak, kroki 草圖 ескіз خاکہ bức phác họa 草图
2 a short (written or spoken) account without many details The book began with a sketch of the author's life. skets لَمْحَه موجَزَه есе nástin rids die Skizze σκιαγράφημα, γενικό διάγραμμα boceto, borrador, esquema lühikokkuvõte خلاصه yhteenveto résumé סְקִיצָה रेखाचित्र kratka pripovjetka, crtica rövid életrajz, jellemzés ringkasan ágrip profilo 概略 개요, 줄거리 apybraiža, trumpa apžvalga (īss) apraksts; pārstāsts ringkasan schets skildring, skisse ogólny zarys esboço rezumat очерк náčrt kratek prikaz kratak opis konturer, grunddrag การอธิบายอย่างคร่าว ๆ kısa tanım, kesim 概要 нарис, начерк خلاصہ، مختصر بیان bảng tóm tắt 概略
3 a short play, dramatic scene etc a comic sketch. skets مَشْهَد مَسْرَحي скеч skeč sketch der Sketch σκετς sainete sketð داستان واره sketsi sketch, saynète מַעַרכוֹן रेखाचित्र skeč, igrokaz karcolat sandiwara pendek skissa, skets, þáttur sketch, scenetta 小品 단편 skečas skečs sandiwara pendek schets sketsj skecz cena sketch, scenetă скетч skeč skeč skeč sketch การทำโครงร่างคร่าว ๆ skeç 短劇 скетч مختصر ڈراما یا کھیل vở ca kịch ngắn 短剧
v
1 to draw, describe, or plan without completing the details. skets يَرْسُم، يَصِف، يُخَطِّط بدون تَفاصيل очертавам načrtnout skitsere skizzieren σκιαγραφώ esbozar üldjoontes plaanima نقاشي ساده كشيدن hahmotella ébaucher, esquisser לְצַייֵר סְקִיצָה खाका खींचना skicirati, prikazati u grubim crtama vázlatot készít (vmiről) membuat sketsa rissa; gera frumriss schizzare, abbozzare 概要を書く (~을)스케치하다 piešti eskizą []skicēt; uzmest (plānu) melakar schetsen lage en skisse/et utkast szkicować esboçar a schiţa делать набросок, описывать в общих чертах načrtnúť napraviti osnutek skicirati skissera วาดคร่าว ๆ taslak yapmak 畫草圖，概略敘述，草擬 робити начерки مختصر طور پر بیان کرنا، خاکہ کشی کرنا vẽ phác 草拟
2 to make rough drawings, paintings etc She sketches as a hobby. skets يرسُم بصورةٍ تَخْطيطِيَّه скицирам skicovat tegne skitse Skizzen machen σχεδιάζω,σκιτσάρω hacer croquis/bocetos skitseerima, joonistama خطوط كلي چيزي را كشيدن luonnostella faire des croquis/esquisses לְצָייֵר בְקָווִים כְּלַלִיים खाका बनाना skicirati, crtati skiccel membuat sketsa teikna, skissa fare schizzi 写生する 스케치를 하다 škicuoti, piešti skicēt; zīmēt melakarkan schetsen tegne skisser szkicować, rysować desenhar a face crochiuri/schiţe делать наброски, писать этюды skicovať skicirati skicirati teckna, göra en skiss (skisser) วาดภาพร่าง kabataslak resim yapmak 素描 малювати ескізи نقاشی کرنا phác thảo, phác họa 写生，速写
adj sketchy
1 incompletely done or carried out a sketchy search. onvolledig سَطْحي، غَيْر تام непълен útržkovitý mangelfuld flüchtig πρόχειρος, ανολοκλήρωτος incompleto, sin detalles pealiskaudne, puudulik ناكافي summittainen sommaire לא שָׁלֵם अपूर्ण letimičan, površan hevenyészett tidak tuntas lauslegur approssimativo, abbozzato 大ざっぱの 미완성의 padrikas, apytikris shematisks; virspusējs; uzmetuma- tidak lengkap schetsmatig flyktig, overflatisk pobieżny, fragmentaryczny superficial sumar поверхностный útržkovitý; letmý nedovršen nedovršen skissartad, hastig, hafsig คร่าว ๆ yarım yamalak, üstünkörü 概略的 поверховий سرسری sơ sài , thô sơ 粗略的
2 slight or incomplete a sketchy knowledge of French. effens, onvolledig ناقِص، غَيْر كامِل бегъл povrchní summarisk oberflächlich ελλιπής, στοιχειώδης básico napp, lünklik ناقص pintapuolinen incomplet כְּלָלִי स्थूल, ऊपरी nepotpun felületes sedikit ófullkominn superficiale 不十分な 하찮은, 불완전한 paviršutiniškas, nepilnas paviršs; virspusējs; nepilnīgs sedikit oppervlakkig overflatisk pobieżny, niepełny superficial precar краткий, отрывочный povrchný nezadosten nepotpun ytlig หยาบ ๆ yarım yamalak 粗淺的 ескізний; контурний ادھورا không đầy đủ 肤浅的
adv sketchily
onvolledig بصورةٍ غير كامِلَه повърхностно neúplně mangelfuldt; summariskt skizzenhaft μερικά, πλημμελώς, πρόχειρα superficialmente pealiskaudselt ناقصي pintapuolisesti incomplètement בְּצוּרָה שִׁטחִית अपूर्णता से, स्थूलपन nepotpuno, površno vázlatosan; felületesen secara singkat lauslega approssimativamente; superficialmente おおまかに 불완전하게 padrikai, paviršutiniškai shematiski; virspusēji tdk lengkap schetsmatig flyktig, overflatisk pobieżnie, fragmentarycznie superficialmente incomplet кратко; поверхностно neúplne nepopolno nedovršeno skissartat อย่างคร่าว ๆ taslak hâlinde 粗略地，膚淺地 конспективно سرسری طور پر sơ sài , thiếu chi tiết 粗略地，肤浅地
n sketchiness
onvolledigheid سَطْحِيَّه непълнота útržkovitost mangelfuldhed die Skizzenhaftigkeit ανεπάρκεια, προχειρότητα forma incompleta pealiskaudsus نقص pintapuolisuus caractère incomplet שִׁטחִיוּת टेढ़ापन nepotpunost, nedovršenost vázlatosság keringkasan ófullkomleiki approssimazione; superficialità おおまかさ 불완전함 paviršutiniškumas shematiskums; virspusīgums tdk lengkapnya schetsmatigheid skissepreg; overflatiskhet fragmentaryczny charakter superficialidade caracter incomplet краткость útržkovitosť nepopolnost nedovršenost skissartad karaktär (prägel) ความหยาบ taslak hâlinde olma 粗略 конспективність ادھوراپن sự sơ sài , sự thiếu chi tiết 粗略
n sketch-book
a book for drawing sketches in. sketsboek كُرّاسَةٌ للرسوم التَّخْطيطيَّه скицник náčrtník skitseblok der Skizzenblock τετράδιο ιχνογραφίας cuaderno de bocetos/croquis/esbozos eskiiside album كتابي براي نقاشي ساده luonnoslehtiö carnet de croquis/esquisses מַחבֶּרֶת שִׂרטוּט रेखाचित्र पुस्तक blok za skiciranje, knjiga za pisanje crtica vázlatkönyv buku sketsa teikniblokk; skissubók (album per schizzi) スケッチブック 스케치북 eskizų albumas skiču albums buku lakar schetsboek skissebok, tegneblokk szkicownik caderno de desenhos carnet de crochiuri/schiţe блокнот для зарисовок skicár skicirka blok za crtanje skissbok, -block สมุดที่ใช้ทำโครงร่าง resim/kroki defteri 素描本 альбом خاکہ کشی کی کاپی vở nháp 写生本
sketch → مُخَطًط, يَضع مخططا načrtnout, skica skitse, skitsere Skizze, skizzieren σκιτσάρω, σκίτσο bosquejar, bosquejo luonnos, luonnostella esquisse, esquisser skica, skicirati fare uno schizzo di, schizzo スケッチ, スケッチを描く 스케치, 스케치하다 schets, schetsen skisse, skissere naszkicować, szkic desenho, esboçar рисовать эскиз, эскиз skiss, skissera ภาพร่าง, ร่างภาพ karalama, karalama yapmak bức phác họa, phác họa 画素描, 素描
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