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.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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 the program … New idioms dictionary
sketch — n 1 outline, diagram, delineation, draft, tracing, plot, blueprint (see under SKETCH vb) Analogous words: design, plot, *plan, scheme, project: *chart, map 2 précis, aperçu, *compendium, syllabus, digest, pandect, survey sketch vb Sketch, outline … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sketch — sketch1 [ sketʃ ] noun count * 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. ) a short funny scene performed within a longer show: SKIT: She toured Europe… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sketch — 1 noun (C) 1 a simple, quickly made drawing that does not show much detail: First she makes a sketch of a scene and then she paints it. 2 a short humorous scene on stage, television etc that is part of a larger show: Her TV programme is made up… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sketch */ — 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
sketch — 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
sketch — [[t]ske̱tʃ[/t]] sketches, sketching, sketched 1) N COUNT A sketch is a drawing that is done quickly without a lot of details. Artists often use sketches as a preparation for a more detailed painting or drawing. ...a sketch of a soldier by Orpen.… … English dictionary
sketch — sketcher, n. sketchingly, adv. sketchlike, adj. /skech/, n. 1. a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, esp. a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details. 2. a rough design, plan, or draft, as of a book. 3. a… … Universalium
Something Positive — logo, Mr. Personality. Author(s) R. K. Milholland Website http:/ … Wikipedia
sketch — n. & v. n. 1 a rough, slight, merely outlined, or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture. 2 a brief account without many details conveying a general idea of something, a rough draft or general… … Useful english dictionary
