(sketch - picture)

  • 1Sketch — Sketch, n. [D. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse; cf. {Esquisse}.); cf. It. schizzare to splash, to sketch.] An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any… …

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  • 2picture — [n1] illustration, likeness of something account, art, blueprint, canvas, cartoon, copy, delineation, depiction, description, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, effigy, engraving, figure, icon, image, impression, lookalike, outline,… …

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  • 3sketch in — ˌsketch ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sketch in he/she/it sketches in present participle sketching in past tense …

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  • 4sketch — rough drawing intended to serve as the bases for a finished picture, 1660s, from Du. schets, from It. schizzo sketch, drawing, lit. a splash, squirt, from schizzare to splash or squirt, of uncertain origin, perhaps from L. schedium an… …

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  • 5sketch — [n] drawing, outline account, adumbration, aperçu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, configuration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, figuration, figure, form, illustration, likeness,… …

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  • 6picture — vb *represent, depict, portray, delineate, limn Analogous words: describe, *relate, narrate, recount: *sketch, outline …

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  • 7picture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. image, likeness, counterpart; portrayal, representation, view, scene, tableau, setting; drawing, painting, photograph, sketch, etching, engraving, canvas. See appearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 8picture — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, CRT spot, Cinemascope, Cinerama, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, Technicolor, Telephoto, Vorstellung, Western, Wirephoto, abstract, abstraction, aerial photograph, ally, altarpiece,… …

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  • 9picture — 1. noun 1) pictures in an art gallery Syn: painting, drawing, sketch, oil painting, watercolor, print, canvas, portrait, portrayal, illustration, artwork, depiction, likeness, representation, image, icon, miniature …

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  • 10picture — I n 1. likeness, semblance, similitude, icon, representation, simulacrum, portrait, depictment, depiction; artwork, painting, drawing, line drawing, black and white, pen and ink, oil painting, pastel, wa tercolor, gouache, wash drawing, engraving …

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