Sketch \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 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.
Usage: {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}.] [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. To make sketches, as of landscapes.
His life, including his skirmishes with a competing sketch artist, seems carefree.
Here is what we saw and heard: _ 8:45, East New York: At the Grecian III diner, which the gunman referred to in his first letter to police, employees say they recognize the Zodiac sketch as that of a former customer.
Most use models or a sketch of the planned work.
Remington headed west again to sketch his way through New Mexico and Arizona.
The sketch was performed by members of the Defense Forces' elite anti-terrorist unit.
Mike Zwerin's "La Tristesse de Saint Louis: Jazz Under the Nazis" (Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 197 pages, $16.95) is a sketch for such a book.
Chester Norback, 85, a former appliance salesman, said in 1975 he noticed an old sketch in a neighbor's home in Killingworth, which is 20 miles east of New Haven.
Police have released a composite sketch of the kidnapper, described by Mrs. Thomas-Jones as black, 135 pounds, 5-foot-4, with shoulder-length black hair.
Wright signed and dated the inscription, and decorated it with a sketch of himself, bushy eyebrows and all, wielding a gavel overhead.
Satellites enable surveyors to sketch a line between two points that is accurate within two centimeters.
A sketch showing the position of the crescent with respect to the horizon will be welcome, the observatory says.
The Sentinel did not say who the sketch actually depicted.
Hagen said his work is based on the Trumbull sketch of Rufus Hopkins and an examination of Hopkins' home, which still exists in Providence.
It begins with a half dozen early self-portraits, which range from curious trials in which we sense Vuillard searching for an artistic identity to the marvelously penetrating oil sketch of 1891.
In a four-paragraph biographical sketch, the official news agency Tass said Kryuchkov, who holds the rank of an army general, held senior posts on the security force for more than 20 years.
Cowan then went home and drew a sketch, and the following morning completed his portrait, Deren said.
Though he carries around a spiral notebook containing a story sketch, there is no script.
The caption said the sketch was entitled, "Destruction of the Bastille," and explained that it was a gift from Lafayette to Washington.
Now he takes a pencil and makes a small sketch of a pair of scissors; now he captures his son asleep.
She waved goodbye to the days when she had to show a client a small hand-drawn sketch.
Aqazadeh, who holds a bachelor of science degree in computer sciences, was a founding member of the Islamic Republican Party, according to a biographical sketch.
He sometimes appeared in full uniform to announce that a sketch was being stopped because it was too silly.
Police spokesman Tony Santiago said Thursday detectives were checking tips from dozens of callers after the FBI circulated a composite sketch of the woman, believed to be in her 40s.
One find by the investigators: a sketch on the back of a record sheet from the control room.
Disney replied with a cartoon sketch autographed: "To Donald Duck, from Donald Duck and Walt Disney." His last words were about continuing the fight.
Two detectives distributing a sketch of a subway vigilante known as the "Remember Me?" gunman couldn't believe their eyes _ or their luck _ when they found themselves face-to-face with the suspect.
In the days before newspapers had the ability to print photographs, special artists were dispatched to great national events _ including presidential inaugurals _ to record the event on sketch pads.
Using a computer sketch pad and stylus with a MacIntosh computer, she learned that she could erase mistakes with the punch of a button and save her final version in the computer's memory.
'People think I'm French-Canadian' narrates the title teenager (Maxime Collin), Lauzon's fanciful sketch of himself as a boy; 'but because I dream, I'm not.'
The sketch of the juggler adapting his act to take account of Stephen Hawking's theory of the expanding universe is sublime. Equally unacceptable to a Perrier judge is another young Radio 4 stalwart, Richard Herring.