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sketch

[ skech ]
/ skɛtʃ /
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noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

to make a sketch or sketches.

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Words related to sketch

blueprint, picture, account, copy, likeness, description, chart, vignette, summary, depiction, version, illustration, portrayal, piece, painting, cartoon, delineate, portray, depict, paint

Words nearby sketch

skeptical, skepticism, skerrick, skerry, sket, sketch, sketch book, the, sketch map, sketchable, sketchbook, sketchpad

Origin of sketch

1660–70; < Dutch schets (noun) ≪ Italian schizzo < Latin schedium extemporaneous poem, noun use of neuter of schedius extempore < Greek schédios

OTHER WORDS FROM sketch

synonym study for sketch

6. See depict.
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British Dictionary definitions for sketch

sketch
/ (skɛtʃ) /

noun

verb

to make a rough drawing (of)
(tr often foll by out) to make a brief description of

Derived forms of sketch

sketchable, adjectivesketcher, noun

Word Origin for sketch

C17: from Dutch schets, via Italian from Latin schedius hastily made, from Greek skhedios unprepared
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