sketch
/ˈskɛt͡ʃ/ verb B2- To make a brief, basic drawing. · I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.
- To describe briefly and with very few details. · He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.
He/she/it sketches · Past sketched · Past participle sketched · -ing form sketching
Verb forms
- Base form
- sketch
- He/she/it
- sketches
- Past
- sketched
- Past participle
- sketched
- -ing form
- sketching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Magister praised the sky in that sketch I made in the park,” said Joe.
Joe was enthusiastic about some morning-effect sketches he was doing in Central Park, and Delia packed him off breakfasted, coddled, praised and kissed at 7 o’clock.
Oh, Joe, did you sell another sketch?” She had seen the money on the table.
Leaning forward in the cab, he listened intently to MacDonald’s short sketch of the problem which awaited us in Sussex.
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