to sketch
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3.0
- verb
- /skɛtʃ/
- She took out her notebook to sketch the buildings she saw during her walk.
- sketch a picture
- sketch a map
- sketch a design
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Watch on YouTubeI'd like to know if you actually always sketch by hand?
- I'd like to know if you actually always sketch by hand?
- And I realized that the moment of peace when you're sketching, it felt so good.
Examples
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I mean, I just came to sketch that old church over there, so...
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Nicholas loved to sketch too.
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So we'll just sketch it like this.
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I just like coming here to sketch people in crisis.
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And now you can just kind of sketch your graph in there.
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I was taking art classes, so I'd sketch.
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And we're going to just start to sketch on this crease again.
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So I actually went ahead and sketched everything out.
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Sometimes, after lunch, she goes to central park zoo and sketches lions for half an hour.
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I've been sketching a little bit since I was a teenager.
Synonyms
877
1.0
Make a picture with a pen or pencil
122
3.7
To make an early version of a document or plan
111
3.7
To prepare and write official papers such as contracts or wills
13
3.5
Draw or write a short plan showing the main ideas
2
5.1
To make a simple first version of an idea or plan as a quick drawing
1
6.6
Make a simple first version to show the main plan
1
6.3
To make an early plan or drawing before the main work begins
1
6.1
To make a simple plan or outline for something
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Etymology
Sketch as a verb comes from the same Dutch idea schets of making a quick 'outline', so to sketch is to draw something fast and rough to show the main idea.