1 a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details:
The artist is making sketches for his next painting. * She drew a sketch map of the area to show us the way.
2 a short funny scene on television, in the theatre, etc:
The drama group did a sketch about a couple buying a new car.
3 a short report or story that gives only basic details about sth:
a biographical sketch of the Prime Minister
Part of speech: verb
1 to make a quick drawing of sb/sth:
[VN] He quickly sketched the view from the window. [also V]
2 [VN] ~ sth (out) to give a general description of sth, giving only the basic facts
SYNOUTLINE:
She sketched out her plan for tackling the problem.
3 [VN] (literary) to do sth in a quick and careless way, as if you do not really mean it:
He sketched a smile.
PHRASALVERBS
sketch sth<->in to give more information or details about sth:
You need to sketch in his character a little more.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for sketch is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sketch a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sketch is tagged as noun.
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