A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; eg. a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit; or, a brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano; or, a brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story
2D geometry, such as lines, arcs, circles, and curves, used to drive geometric features The sketch environment contains a constraint manager that lets you place dimensional and relational constraints on geometry The constraint manager analyzes and solves the constraint system for a given sketch and reports on the state of the sketch (i e , over-, under-, and fully constrained)
An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work
If you sketch something, you make a quick, rough drawing of it. Clare and David Astor are sketching a view of far Spanish hills I always sketch with pen and paper
A good sketch is invaluable It will help to explain the job and show the orientations of various important features It is definitely worth taking a few minutes to produce a good sketch
Initial rough drawing in pencil, ink or color to determine the arrangement of an artwork
preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" short descriptive summary (of events) a brief literary description describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" make a sketch of; "sketch the building
If you sketch a situation or incident, you give a short description of it, including only the most important facts. Cross sketched the story briefly, telling the facts just as they had happened. = outline Sketch out means the same as sketch. Luxembourg sketched out an acceptable compromise between Britain, France and Germany
A sketch is a short humorous piece of acting, usually forming part of a comedy show. a five-minute sketch about a folk singer