Results for sketch

Definitions of sketch:

part of speech: noun

A first draft of any plan or painting: an outline.

part of speech: verb transitive

To draw the outline of; make a draft of; outline the plan of.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To make an outline.

part of speech: noun

Sketchiness.

part of speech: verb transitive

To make a rough draft of: to draw the outline: to give the principal points of.

part of speech: verb

To draw the outline or general figure of; to make a rough draught of; to plan; to delineate.

part of speech: noun

An outline; a simple, quickly made drawing from nature; as, a crayon sketch; first rough draft; a short, simple piece of literature; a short, simple, dramatic performance.

part of speech: adverb

Sketchily.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To practice sketching.

Usage examples for sketch:

• Just a sketch in the garden- for a picture he's at work on. "The Mating of Lydia", Mrs. Humphry Ward

• 198. Sketch of, iii. "A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)", Justin McCarthy

• A drop of rain fell on to the open leaves of my sketch book. "Cathedral Cities of Italy", William Wiehe Collins

• Having nothing else at the time to amuse him, he one day asked the artist's permission to try his hand at a sketch "The Garies and Their Friends", Frank J. Webb