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Sketch

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WordDefinition
adumbrateverb(transitive) To foreshadow vaguely.
outlinenounA general description of some subject.
studynoun(usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
vignettenoun(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
surveynounA particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
resumeverb(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).
cartoonnoun(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
chalk outverb(transitive, figurative) to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).

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WordDefinition
outlinenounA general description of some subject.
cartoonnoun(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
chalk outverb(transitive, figurative) to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).
studynounMental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
surveynounA particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
vignettenoun(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
resumenoun(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).
adumbrateverb(transitive) To foreshadow vaguely.
drawingnounA picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
picturenounA representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
esquissenoun(art) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
draftingnounThe act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
sketchbooknounA book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
drawnounSenses relating to exerting force or pulling.
photonoun(informal) A photograph.
portraitnoun(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
illustrationnounSomething which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
artworknounA painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
profilenoun(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
blueprintnoun(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

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