Sketch - English meaning

verb

Take action; do something.

Usage examples:

They urged washington to act

noun

A thing done; a deed.

Usage examples:

A criminal act

abbreviation

Advance corporation tax.

noun

A simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.

Usage examples:

The minister faced a welter of hostile headlines and mocking cartoons

verb

Make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way.

Usage examples:

She has a face with enough character to be cartooned

noun

A drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke or makes a humorous political criticism

verb

Describe or portray (something) precisely.

Usage examples:

The law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent

verb

Represented accurately or precisely

verb

To mark the border of something

Usage examples:

The boundary of the park is delineated by a row of trees., the constitution carefully delineates th…

noun

The action of describing or portraying something precisely.

Usage examples:

The artist's exquisite delineation of costume and jewellery

noun

The action of describing or marking the edge of something

Usage examples:

He tried to make a clear delineation between his job and his private activities., they met to discu…

verb

Represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.

Usage examples:

Paintings depicting old testament scenes

verb

To represent or show something in a picture, story, movie, etc.; portray

Usage examples:

The movie depicts his father as a tyrant., [ c ] it’s a wonderful depiction of a female friendship.

verb

To represent or show something in a picture or story

Usage examples:

Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century., depict someone as something…

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

The act of working out the form of something

noun

A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.

Usage examples:

A diagram of the living room

verb

Represent (something) in graphic form.

Usage examples:

The experiment is diagrammed on page fourteen

noun

A simple plan drawn to represent something, such as a machine, usually to explain how it works or how it is put together

Usage examples:

The teacher drew a diagram showing how blood flows through the heart.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

noun

A picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint.

Usage examples:

A series of charcoal drawings on white paper

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

The art or process of making pictures with a pencil, pen, etc., or a picture made in this way

Usage examples:

[ c ] a beautiful drawing of flowers, [ u ] i plan to take a course in drawing next semester.

noun

An individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set.

Usage examples:

The items on the agenda

adverb

Used to introduce each item in a list.

Usage examples:

Item two statute books … item two drums

noun

One thing that is a part of a list or a collection of things

Usage examples:

There were several more items on the agenda., a news item in this morning’s newspaper, basic food i…

noun

A sculptor's small preliminary model or sketch.

Usage examples:

Asked by the seaman's hometown to design a memorial, schutte prepared a number of sketches and maqu…

noun

An arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations.

Usage examples:

Think of a number from one to ten and multiply it by three

verb

Amount to (a specified figure or quantity); comprise.

Usage examples:

The demonstrators numbered more than 5,000

noun

A unit or its symbol that forms part of a system of counting and calculating, and that represents an amount or position in a series

Usage examples:

You can write numbers in words, such as six, seven, and eight, or with symbols, such as 6, 7, and 8…

noun

A line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram.

Usage examples:

The chalked outline of a human body

verb

Draw, trace, or define the outer edge or shape of.

Usage examples:

Her eyes were darkly outlined with kohl

noun

A statement of the main facts, ideas, or items

Usage examples:

The house approved the broad outlines of the president’s budget., she drew the outline of a face., …

noun

An instrument for writing or drawing, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or a similar substance enclosed in a long thin piece of wood or fixed in a cylindrical case.

Usage examples:

Have a pencil and paper ready

verb

Write, draw, or colour with a pencil.

Usage examples:

A previous owner has pencilled their name inside the cover

noun

A thin, usually wooden, tube-shaped device for writing or drawing which has colored material in the center and a point at one end

Usage examples:

[ c ] colored pencils, [ u ] make your corrections in pencil (= using a pencil).

noun

An act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

Usage examples:

Don giovanni had its first performance in 1787

noun

The act of doing something, such as your job

Usage examples:

If the accident happened during the performance of his regular duties, he’s covered by disability i…

noun

How successful an investment, company, etc. is and how much profit it makes

Usage examples:

The fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future., good/…

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Usage examples:

The un peace plan

verb

Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.

Usage examples:

They were planning a trip to egypt

verb

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved

noun

A short play or dramatic piece.

Usage examples:

The sondheim revues work as well as they do because so often the songs are inherently dramatic, alm…

verb

Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.

Usage examples:

The ineffectual oxbridge dons portrayed by evelyn waugh

verb

Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.

Usage examples:

For purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult

verb

Be a delegate or spokesperson for

noun

The action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.

Usage examples:

You may qualify for free legal representation

noun

People who will speak and act for you in an official situation, or the fact of someone speaking and acting for you

Usage examples:

More american workers are demanding union representation., these employees need legal representatio…

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

noun

The place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred.

Usage examples:

The emergency team were among the first on the scene

noun

A part of a play or movie in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period

Usage examples:

The opening scene of the movie was filmed in new york city., the scene from the mountaintop was bre…

noun

A short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody.

Usage examples:

A skit on daytime magazine programmes

noun

A copy of a drawing, map, or design made by tracing.

Usage examples:

Leonardo's mural, with its tracings and smaller copies, is a locus of essential religious and aesth…

verb

Find or discover by investigation.

Usage examples:

Police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area

noun

A copy of a drawing or pattern made by drawing over it through a piece of thin, transparent paper

Usage examples:

He made a tracing of the picture.

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

noun

A sketch made by a painter as a preliminary guide and subsequently covered with layers of paint.

Usage examples:

He worked at great speed, with little reliance on cartoons or underdrawings