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noun | verb sketchsketch1 /skɛtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable] eng. lang. arts ETYMOLOGYsketch1Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare to splash ► rough sketch a rough sketch of the building ► do/make/draw a sketch I usually do a couple of pencil sketches before I start a painting. THESAURUSpainting/drawing► picture an image that is painted, drawn, printed, etc. on a surface: The children drew pictures of their houses. Could I paint your picture (=paint a picture of you)? ► drawing a picture that is made using a pencil or pen: The teachers asked the students to do a drawing of a tree. ► sketch a picture that is drawn quickly: Students made quick sketches of the model using charcoal. ► painting a picture made using paint: There was a painting of a mountain over the fireplace. ► portrait a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person: She offered to paint my portrait. ► illustration a picture in a book: The children’s book is full of colorful illustrations. ► cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke: In the cartoon, two rabbits are talking to each other. ► caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a particular feature of his/her face or body look bigger, worse, etc. than it really is: There was a man at the market drawing caricatures of tourists. ► poster a large picture printed on paper, used as advertising or for decoration: There were huge posters of the dictator everywhere. ► image formal a picture or shape of a person or thing that is put on something else: The image of George Washington appears on the one dollar bill. ► graphics pictures or images, especially those produced on a computer: The new computer game has 3-D graphics. 1a simple quickly made drawing that does not show much detail: sketch of a sketch of a child a rough sketch of the buildingdo/make/draw a sketch I usually do a couple of pencil sketches before I start a painting.► see thesaurus at picture12a short humorous scene on television, in the theater, etc., that is part of a larger show: a comedy sketch3a short written or spoken description: a brief sketch of the artist’s life [Origin: 1600–1700 Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare to splash] noun | verb sketchsketch2 ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEsketch |
Present | I, you, we, they | sketch | | he, she, it | sketches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sketched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sketched | | he, she, it | has sketched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sketched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sketch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sketched |
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Present | I | am sketching | | he, she, it | is sketching | | you, we, they | are sketching | Past | I, he, she, it | was sketching | | you, we, they | were sketching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sketching | | he, she, it | has been sketching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sketching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sketching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sketching |
THESAURUSpicture► draw to make a picture of something with a pencil or pen: Amy loves to draw. ► sketch to draw something quickly and without a lot of detail: Students were sketching a model in the center of the room. ► doodle to draw shapes or patterns while you are thinking about something else: He was doodling in his notebook during the meeting. ► scribble to draw or make marks quickly in a messy way. Used especially about children: One of the kids had scribbled on the walls with a crayon. ► trace to copy a picture by putting a piece of thin paper over it and drawing the lines that you can see through the paper: Kara carefully traced one of the illustrations in the book. ► illustrate to draw or paint pictures to be printed in a book: She has illustrated several well-known children’s books. 1eng. lang. arts to draw a sketch of something ► see thesaurus at draw12 (also sketch out) to describe something in a general way, giving the basic ideas: We’ve sketched out what needs to be covered this semester.sketch something ↔ in phrasal verb to add more information about something: I’d like to sketch in a few details for you. |