rough+sketch

  • 21Rough — Rough, v. t. 1. To render rough; to roughen. [1913 Webster] 2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. Crabb. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Rough for Radio I — is a short radio play by Samuel Beckett, written in French in 1961 and first published in Minuit 5 in September 1973 as Esquisse radiophinique . Its first English publication as Sketch for Radio Play was in Stereo Headphones 7 (spring 1976). It… …

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  • 23rough — rough, roughen Rough is used as a verb chiefly in the expressions to rough it (= do without basic comforts), to rough out (= to make a sketch of), to rough up (= to attack). Otherwise the verb from rough, meaning ‘to make or become rough’ is… …

    Modern English usage

  • 24sketch out — ˌsketch ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sketch out he/she/it sketches out present participle sketching out past tense …

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  • 25Rough — Rough, n. 1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.] Fletcher. [1913 Webster] 2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. [1913 Webster] {In the rough}, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough. [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26sketch out something — sketch out (something) to describe something in a general way. Dean sketched out a rough plan of where we should go and what we should see while we were there. The president sent the defense secretary to the Senate today to sketch in details of… …

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  • 27sketch out — (something) to describe something in a general way. Dean sketched out a rough plan of where we should go and what we should see while we were there. The president sent the defense secretary to the Senate today to sketch in details of the program …

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  • 28sketch — [skech] n. [earlier schitz < Du schets < It schizzo < L schedium, extempore poem < Gr schedios, extempore, sudden < schein, to hold: see SCHEME] 1. a simple, rough drawing or design, done rapidly and without much detail 2. a brief… …

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  • 29sketch — rough drawing intended to serve as the bases for a finished picture, 1660s, from Du. schets, from It. schizzo sketch, drawing, lit. a splash, squirt, from schizzare to splash or squirt, of uncertain origin, perhaps from L. schedium an… …

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  • 30sketch — ► NOUN 1) a rough or unfinished drawing or painting. 2) a short humorous play or performance. 3) a brief written or spoken account or description. ► VERB 1) make a sketch of. 2) give a brief account or general outline of. DERIVA …

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