sketch

¹sketch

noun \ˈskech\

Definition of SKETCH

1

a : a rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study b : a tentative draft (as for a literary work)

2

: a brief description (as of a person) or outline

3

a : a short literary composition somewhat resembling the short story and the essay but intentionally slight in treatment, discursive in style, and familiar in tone b : a short instrumental composition usually for piano c : a slight theatrical piece having a single scene; especially : a comic variety act

Examples of SKETCH

1. He made a sketch of his house.
2. He wrote up a sketch of the plot.
3. There is a biographical sketch of the author on the book's back cover.

Origin of SKETCH

Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, literally, splash, from schizzare to splash, of imitative origin

First Known Use: 1668

Related to SKETCH

Synonyms: cartoon, delineation, drawing

Related Words: contour, figure, outline, silhouette; caricature, doodle, illustration; depiction, image, likeness, portrait, representation; engraving, etch, etching; aquatint, charcoal, line drawing, pastel, watercolor; blueprint

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Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato

Rhymes with SKETCH

catch, etch, fetch, fletch, ketch, kvetch, lech, letch, retch, stretch, vetch, wretch