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sketch  (skĕch)

n.

1. A hasty or undetailed drawing or painting often made as a preliminary study.
2. A brief general account or presentation; an outline.
3.

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.
4. Informal An amusing person.
v. sketchedsketch·ingsketch·es sketching
v.tr.

To make a sketch of; outline.
v.intr.

To make a sketch.
portrait (ˈpɔːtrɪt; -treɪt)

n

1. (Art Terms)

a. a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face
b. (as modifier): a portrait gallery.
2. a verbal description or picture, esp of a person's character
adj

3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing (of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater height than width. Compare landscape5a

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[Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, from schizzareto splashof imitative origin.]

sketch′er n.

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