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sketch |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of Syn: To delineate; design; draught; depict. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sketch \Sketch\, v. i. To make sketches, as of landscapes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sketch n 1: preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" [syn: {study}] 2: brief description [syn: {vignette}] 3: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: {survey}, {resume}] 4: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine [syn: {cartoon}] v 1: make a sketch of [syn: {outline}, {chalk out}] 2: describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the book" [syn: {outline}, {adumbrate}]
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