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(skĕch) pronunciation
n.
  1. A hasty or undetailed drawing or painting often made as a preliminary study.
  2. A brief general account or presentation; an outline.
    1. A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or a short story.
    2. Music. A brief composition, especially for the piano.
    3. A short, often satirical scene or play in a revue or variety show; a skit.
  3. 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.]

sketcher sketch'er n.

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noun

  1. A preliminary plan or version, as of a written work: draft, outline, rough, skeleton. See planned/unplanned, words.
  2. A short theatrical piece within a larger production: act, skit. See performing arts.

verb

    To draw up a preliminary plan or version of: adumbrate, block in (or out), draft, outline, rough in (or out). See planned/unplanned.

sketch, a short composition, dramatic, narrative, or descriptive. In the theatre, a sketch is a brief, self‐contained dramatic scene, usually comic. As a kind of prose narrative, a sketch is more modest than a short story, showing less development in plot or characterization. The term is also applied to brief descriptions of people (the ‘character sketch’) or places.

sketch, a rapidly executed kind of pictorial note-taking. The sketch is not usually intended as an autonomous work of art, although many have been considered masterpieces in their own right. Used extensively in the planning of large, complex projects, the sketch allows the artist to visualize quickly the bend of a knee or the sweep of an arm without having to experiment directly on the work itself. See cartoon.


noun
noun, dated

A ridiculous sight, a very amusing person; often in hot sketch, a comical or colourful person. (1917 — 30).
J. B. Priestley You do look a sight, Dad....I never saw such a sketch (1930).



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Sketch may refer to:

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Drawing and other visual arts

  • Sketch (drawing), a drawing or other composition that is not intended as a finished work, but a preliminary exploration
  • SketchUp, a 3D modeling program
  • iSketch, an online drawing game
  • Skencil, a vector-based graphics program formerly called Sketch and released under the GNU Free License
  • Multi-sketch, unscripted improv sketching using a Tablet PC or digitizing tablet

Literature and entertainment

  • Sketch (literature), a literary art form that flourished in the nineteenth century, often plotless, or sometimes a very brief short story of the type today called flash fiction
  • Sketch comedy, a series of short comedic performances called sketches

People and characters

Other

  • Daily Sketch, a defunct British newspaper
  • Sketch (restaurant), a restaurant, bar, and art gallery in central London
  • Sketch, a word similar in meaning to "that's bad" or "ugh."
  • Sketch (mathematics), a generalization of algebraic theory
  • A term for approximate streaming algorithms
  • Count-Min sketch, a probabilistic sub-linear space streaming algorithm which can be used to summarize a data stream in many different ways. The algorithm was invented in 2003 by Graham Cormode and S. Muthu Muthukrishnan
  • Sketch (Skins episode)
  • Sketch (film), a Malayalam language film. It was released in 2007
  • Sketches (album), the seventeenth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, The Ornament Tree
  • Sketches (film)
  • Sketches (for My Sweetheart the Drunk)
  • Architects Sketch, a Monty Python sketch, first seen in episode 17 of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The Buzz Aldrin Show"
  • Flamenco Sketches, a jazz composition written by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Bill Evans
  • Poetical Sketches, the first collection of poetry and prose by William Blake, written between 1769 and 1777
  • Sketches of Japan, an album recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in a small combo setting. It was released in 1999 by Nippon Crown Records. The title and red/yellow-themed cover are references to the Miles Davis album Sketches of Spain

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sketch, skitse, grundrids, udkast
v. tr. - skitsere
v. intr. - lave en skitse, spille med i en sketch

idioms:

  • sketch map    situationsplan

Nederlands (Dutch)
schetsen, tekenen, beschrijven, in grote lijnen opzetten, schets, cabaretstuk

Français (French)
n. - esquisse, croquis, sketch, aperçu
v. tr. - esquisser, faire un croquis de, ébaucher
v. intr. - faire des esquisses

idioms:

  • sketch map    carte faite à main levée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Skizze, Sketch
v. - skizzieren

idioms:

  • sketch map    Faustskizze

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκαρίφημα, σκίτσο, (θεατρικό) σκετς, ιχνογράφημα, σκιαγράφηση, προσχέδιο (ζωγράφου κ.λπ.), (καθομ.) κωμικός άνθρωπος ή πράγμα
v. - σκιαγραφώ, σκιτσάρω, περιγράφω με αδρές γραμμές

idioms:

  • sketch map    πρόχειρος χάρτης

Italiano (Italian)
abbozzare, schizzo, sketch

idioms:

  • sketch map    pianta sommaria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - esboço (m), sumário (m), pequena peça (f) teatral
v. - esboçar

idioms:

  • sketch map    mapa (m) de esboço

Русский (Russian)
зарисовка, очерк, эскиз, краткий обзор, скетч, небольшая легкая пьеса, делать набросок, писать этюд, описывать в общих чертах, изображать схематически

idioms:

  • sketch map    схематическая карта

Español (Spanish)
n. - bosquejo, esbozo, esquema, croquis, dibujo, sketch, pieza corta
v. tr. - trazar, bosquejar, esbozar, diseñar, delinear
v. intr. - hacer apuntes o bosquejos, tomar parte en un sketch

idioms:

  • sketch map    croquis, mapa esquemático

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skiss, utkast, sketch (teat)
v. - skissa, göra ett utkast

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
素描, 小品, 草图, 写生, 为...绘草图, 速写, 草拟, 画素描, 画速写, 打草稿, 画草图

idioms:

  • sketch map    草图, 示意图

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 素描, 小品, 草圖
v. tr. - 寫生, 為...繪草圖, 速寫, 草擬
v. intr. - 畫素描, 畫速寫, 打草稿, 畫草圖

idioms:

  • sketch map    草圖, 示意圖

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 스케치, 줄거리, 별난 사람
v. tr. - 스케치하다, ~의 약기하다
v. intr. - 사생하다, 약도를 그리다, 촌극을 연출하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スケッチ, 素描, 略図, 概略, 草案, 点描, 小品, 寸劇
v. - スケッチする, 略図を描く, 概略を立てる

idioms:

  • sketch map    略図

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخطط, مسودة كتاب مؤقته, صورة وصفيه أدبيه, مشهد مسرحي هزلي (فعل) يرسم رسما تخطيطيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סקיצה, מתווה, תיאור, שרטוט קל, מרשם, רשומת, מערכון, יצירה מוסיקלית קצרה‬
v. tr. - ‮שרטט, תווה, תיאר‬
v. intr. - ‮הכין שרטוטים‬


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