English Dictionary
Definition of “sketch”
sketch (skɛtʃ
)
Definitions
noun
- a rapid drawing or painting, often a study for subsequent elaboration
- a brief usually descriptive and informal essay or other literary composition
- a short play, often comic, forming part of a revue
- a short evocative piece of instrumental music, esp for piano
- any brief outline
verb
- to make a rough drawing (of)
- (tr) often foll by out to make a brief description of
Alternative Forms
ˈsketchable adjective ˈsketcher noun Word Origin
C17: from Dutch schets, via Italian from Latin schedius hastily made, from Greek skhedios unprepared
Synonyms
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summarize,
give a summary of give a resume of go through the main points of
Translations
- British English:
sketch
A sketch is a drawing that is done quickly without a lot of details.Make a rough sketch showing where the vehicles were.skɛtʃ NOUN Make a rough sketch showing where the vehicles were.
- Spanish:
bosquejo
nm
- French:
esquisse
nf
- German:
Skizze
nf
- Chinese: 素描 n
- Arabic: مُخَطَّط n
- Portuguese: desenho nm
- Russian: эскиз nm
- Croatian: skica nf
- Czech: skica nf
- Danish: skitse nutr
- Dutch: schets n
- Finnish: luonnos n
- Greek: σκίτσο nnt
- Italian: schizzo nm
- Japanese: スケッチ n
- Korean: 스케치 n
- Norwegian: skisse nm
- Polish: szkic nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: esboço nm
- European Spanish:
bosquejo
nm
- Swedish: skiss nutr
- Thai: ภาพร่าง n
- Turkish: karalama n
- Vietnamese: bức phác họa n
- British English:
sketch
If you sketch something, you make a quick rough drawing of it.He sketched a map on the back of a menu. My wife sat and sketched.skɛtʃ VERB He sketched a map on the back of a menu. My wife sat and sketched.
- Spanish:
bosquejar
v
- French:
esquisser
vt
- German:
skizzieren
v
- Chinese: 画素描 v
- Arabic: يَضَعُ مُخَطَّطاً v
- Portuguese: esboçar v
- Russian: рисовать эскиз v
- Croatian: skicirati v
- Czech: načrtnout v načrtávat
- Danish: skitsere v
- Dutch: schetsen v
- Finnish: luonnostella v
- Greek: σκιτσάρω v
- Italian: fare uno schizzo di v
- Japanese: スケッチを描く v
- Korean: 스케치하다 v
- Norwegian: skissere v
- Polish: naszkicować v szkicować
- Brazilian Portuguese: esboçar v
- European Spanish:
bosquejar
v
- Swedish: skissera v
- Thai: ร่างภาพ v
- Turkish: karalama yapmak v
- Vietnamese: phác họa v
Usage examples
She bent over the drawing board and got back to work on the Rapunzel sketch.
Peter Robinson, AFTERMATH (2001)Chapters four to six sketch the international regulatory framework.
British Medical Journal (2002)Filling many of the seats in the cramped courtroom were more than a dozen reporters and sketch artists.
canada.com (2004)I had the bizarre experience two years ago of watching a live recording of the gang's BBC2 radio sketch show.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)Someone had scribbled a rough sketch on the back of it, a sketch of a church.
Will Davenport, THE PAINTER (2003)
