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sketch
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- pronunciation:
- skech
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a preliminary drawing or painting, usu. done quickly or without detail, often as a study for a later work.
The artist was unhappy with her first sketch for the portrait.He made several sketches of the waterfall, each from a different angle.- synonyms:
- draft, drawing, rough
- similar words:
- outline, trace
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| definition 2: |
a brief or rough design, outline, or draft, as of a written work.
She's written a sketch for her next novel.- synonyms:
- draft, outline, rough, scenario
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| definition 3: |
a brief story or other composition performed as part of a series in a theatrical revue, comedy routine, or television program.
That sketch about the dog and the neighbor was hilarious.- synonyms:
- act, routine, skit
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| related words: |
act, anecdote, composition, conception, design, diagram, landscape, layout, line, number, picture |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
sketches, sketching, sketched |
| definition 1: |
to make a preliminary drawing, draft, or outline of.
The author always sketches the plot before she begins to write a new book.She quickly sketched his face.- synonyms:
- block out, design, draft, outline, rough out, trace
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| definition 2: |
to present in a brief and general form.
He sketched his idea at the meeting.- synonyms:
- abstract, outline, summarize, synopsize
- similar words:
- brief, capsulize
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| related words: |
block, depict, describe, design, diagram, draw, figure, illustrate, line, map, picture, represent |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to make a sketch or sketches.
She set up her easel on the hill and sketched.- synonyms:
- draw, paint
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| derivation: |
sketcher (n.) |
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