rough+sketch

  • 11sketch — n. drawing 1) to draw, make a sketch 2) a composite sketch 3) a rough sketch short essay 4) a brief, thumbnail sketch 5) a biographical sketch * * * [sketʃ] make a sketch thumbnail sketch [ drawing ] to draw [ short essay ] a brief a bio …

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  • 12rough — 1 /rVf/ adjective 1 NOT SMOOTH having an uneven surface: Her hands were rough from hard work. | A rough track led to the farm. | rough grass opposite smooth 1 (1) 2 NOT EXACT not exact or not containing many details approximate: This is just a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13sketch — sketch1 [sketʃ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare to splash ] 1.) a simple, quickly made drawing that does not show much detail sketch of ▪ Cantor drew a rough sketch of his apartment on a napkin. 2 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14rough — [[t]rʌ̱f[/t]] ♦♦♦ rougher, roughest, roughs, roughing, roughed 1) ADJ GRADED If a surface is rough, it is uneven and not smooth. His hands were rough and calloused, from years of karate practice... Grace made her way slowly across the rough… …

    English dictionary

  • 15sketch */ — I UK [sketʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms sketch : singular sketch plural sketches 1) a drawing made quickly that does not have many details Draw a rough sketch of the dog. I do a few sketches of the design first. 2) theatre a short funny… …

    English dictionary

  • 16rough draft — Synonyms and related words: acid test, assay, black and white, blank determination, brouillon, cartoon, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chiaroscuro, crayon, criterion, crucial test, crucible, delineation, design, determination, diagram, docimasy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17Rough for Theatre I — is a one act theatrical sketch by Samuel Beckett. Also known simply as Theatre I it began life originally in French in the late fifties as Fragment de théâtre and was later translated into English by Beckett himself. The first production was at… …

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  • 18sketch — [n] drawing, outline account, adumbration, aperçu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, configuration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, figuration, figure, form, illustration, likeness,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 19Sketch — Sketch, n. [D. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse; cf. {Esquisse}.); cf. It. schizzare to splash, to sketch.] An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20sketch´er — sketch «skehch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a rough, quickly done drawing, painting, clay model, or design: »The artist made many sketches in pencil before painting the portrait. 2. an outline; plan: »Give me a sketch of his career. SYNONYM(S): draft,… …

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