sketch
verb/sketʃ/
/sketʃ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sketch | /sketʃ/ /sketʃ/ |
| he / she / it sketches | /ˈsketʃɪz/ /ˈsketʃɪz/ |
| past simple sketched | /sketʃt/ /sketʃt/ |
| past participle sketched | /sketʃt/ /sketʃt/ |
| -ing form sketching | /ˈsketʃɪŋ/ /ˈsketʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] sketch (somebody/something) to make a quick drawing of somebody/something
- He quickly sketched the view from the window.
- He enjoyed sketching, writing poetry and playing music.
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- [transitive] sketch something (out) to give a general description of something, giving only the basic facts synonym outline
- She sketched out her plan for tackling the problem.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare ‘make a sketch’, based on Greek skhedios ‘done without preparation’.
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