<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.</li><li>a rough design, plan, or draft, as of a book.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>outline</li></ul><p><strong>Definition</strong></p><ul><li>a brief or hasty outline of facts, occurrences, etc.: a sketch of his life.</li><li>a short, usually descriptive, essay, history, or story.</li><li>a short play or slight dramatic performance, as one forming part of a vaudeville program.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>routine</li><li>act</li><li>skit</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a sketch of.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>represent</li><li>delineate</li><li>design</li><li>outline</li><li>draw</li></ul><p><strong>Definition</strong></p><ul><li>to set forth in a brief or general account: He sketched his own part in the affair.</li><li>Metallurgy: (in a steel mill or the like) to mark (a piece) for cutting.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a sketch or sketches.</li></ul>