Category:Sketch

Sketch, n. Etym: [d. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also f. esquisse; cf. Esquisse.); cf. It. schizzare to Splash, to sketch.]

Defn: an outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or Incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine Arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the Artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary Study for an original work.

Syn. -- outline; delineation; draught; plan; design. -- sketch, outline, delineation. An outline gives only the bounding Lines of some scene or picture. A sketch fills up the outline in Part, giving broad touches, by which an imperfect idea may be Conveyed. A delineation goes further, carrying out the more striking Features of the picture, and going so much into detail as to furnish A clear conception of the whole. Figuratively, we may speak of the Outlines of a plan, of a work, of a project, etc., which serve as a Basis on which the subordinate parts are formed, or of sketches of Countries, characters, manners, etc., which give us a general idea of The things described. Crabb.

Sketch Sketch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sketched; p. pr. & vb. n. Sketching.] Etym: [cf d. schetsen, it. schizzare. See sketch, n.]

1. To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.

2. To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.

Syn. -- to delineate; design; draught; depict.

Sketch Sketch, v. i.

Defn: to make sketches, as of landscapes.