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Sketch

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.

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Narrower term 6

Anime 76% connected

Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Funnies 76% connected

of Funny

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vignette 76% connected

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

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Broader term 11

Depict 76% connected

Depicted.

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Describe 76% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Drawing 76% connected

of Draw

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Humor 76% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Summary 76% connected

Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

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Wit 76% connected

of Wit

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Witticism 76% connected

A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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Wittiness 76% connected

The quality of being witty.

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Adumbrate 74% connected

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

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Adumbrate 74% connected

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

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Containing whole 1

Publication 70% connected

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulg…

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Synonym 7

Adumbrate 92% connected

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cartoon 92% connected

A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco panti…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outline 92% connected

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resume 92% connected

A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Survey 92% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vignette 92% connected

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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