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The definition of a sketch is a rough design without much detail.

(noun)

An example of sketch is what a clothing designer creates before starting on the actual garment.

Sketch is defined as to create rough, undetailed drawings.

(verb)

An example of sketch is for a designer to create a simple drawing of a garment he plans to sew.

See sketch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a simple, rough drawing or design, done rapidly and without much detail
a brief plan or description of major parts or points; outline
a short, light, informal story, description, play, skit, or piece of music

Origin: earlier schitz < Du schets < It schizzo < L schedium, extempore poem < Gr schedios, extempore, sudden < schein, to hold: see scheme

transitive verb

to draw or describe quickly or in outline; make a sketch of

intransitive verb

to make a sketch or sketches

Related Forms:

sketcher noun

See sketch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A hasty or undetailed drawing or painting often made as a preliminary study.
A brief general account or presentation; an outline.
a. A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or a short story.
b. Music A brief composition, especially for the piano.
c. A short, often satirical scene or play in a revue or variety show; a skit.
Informal An amusing person.