'Sketch' definitions:
Definition of 'sketch'
(from WordNet)
noun
Preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" [syn: sketch, study]
noun
A brief literary description [syn: sketch, vignette]
noun
noun
A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine [syn: cartoon, sketch]
verb
Make a sketch of; "sketch the building" [syn: sketch, chalk out]
verb
Definition of 'Sketch'
From: GCIDE
- Sketch \Sketch\, v. i. To make sketches, as of landscapes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sketch'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Sketch'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'sketch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abbreviature,
- abrege,
- abridge,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- act,
- act as foil,
- adumbrate,
- afterpiece,
- antimasque,
- appear,
- article,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- barnstorm,
- bit,
- black and white,
- block in,
- block out,
- blueprint,
- bomb,
- brief,
- bring to life,
- broadcast drama,
- brouillon,
- burlesque show,
- cameo,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- cartoon,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- causerie,
- chalk,
- chalk out,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- characterize,
- charade,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chart,
- chaser,
- chiaroscuro,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- color,
- come out,
- comedy drama,
- compend,
- condensation,
- condense,
- condensed version,
- conspectus,
- copy,
- crayon,
- critical success,
- crosshatch,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- dash off,
- daub,
- daytime serial,
- delineate,
- delineation,
- depict,
- depiction,
- descant,
- describe,
- description,
- design,
- detail,
- details,
- develop,
- diagram,
- dialogue,
- digest,
- discourse,
- discussion,
- disquisition,
- dissertation,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- documentary drama,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- draw,
- drawing,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- ebauche,
- elevation,
- emote,
- emotionalize,
- epic theater,
- epilogue,
- epitome,
- esquisse,
- essay,
- etude,
- evocation,
- evoke,
- examination,
- excursus,
- exode,
- exodus,
- experimental theater,
- exposition,
- expository scene,
- express,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- feature,
- figure,
- finale,
- first approach,
- flop,
- gasser,
- get top billing,
- give words to,
- giveaway,
- Grand Guignol,
- graph,
- graphic account,
- ground plan,
- happening,
- hatch,
- head,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hoke act,
- homily,
- house plan,
- ichnography,
- image,
- imagery,
- impression,
- improvisational drama,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- introductory study,
- itemization,
- lay,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- legitimate drama,
- limn,
- limning,
- line,
- line drawing,
- lucubration,
- map,
- map out,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- memoir,
- mime,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monograph,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- morceau,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- note,
- number,
- nutshell,
- opera,
- outline,
- overview,
- pageant,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- pandect,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- particularization,
- Passion play,
- pastel,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- patter,
- pattern,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil,
- pencil drawing,
- perform,
- photograph,
- picture,
- picturize,
- piece,
- play,
- play the lead,
- playact,
- playlet,
- plot,
- plot out,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portray,
- portrayal,
- precis,
- preliminary study,
- problem play,
- profile,
- projection,
- prolegomenon,
- prologue,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- register,
- render,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- represent,
- representation,
- research paper,
- review,
- revue,
- rough,
- rough copy,
- rough draft,
- rough in,
- rough out,
- rough outline,
- routine,
- rubric,
- scene,
- scratch,
- screed,
- scumble,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- set forth,
- set out,
- shade,
- shorten,
- shortened version,
- show,
- shtick,
- silhouette,
- silver-print drawing,
- sinopia,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- skeleton,
- sketch out,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- song and dance,
- special article,
- specification,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stand-up comedy act,
- star,
- steal the show,
- stencil,
- stooge,
- straight drama,
- striptease,
- study,
- success,
- summarize,
- survey,
- suspense drama,
- syllabus,
- synopsis,
- synopsize,
- table,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- term paper,
- theater of cruelty,
- theme,
- thesis,
- thumbnail sketch,
- tint,
- Tom show,
- topical outline,
- total theater,
- trace,
- tracing,
- tract,
- tractate,
- tread the boards,
- treatise,
- treatment,
- troupe,
- turn,
- upstage,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- vignette,
- vivid description,
- word painting,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work,
- working drawing,
- write