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etch
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verb
noun
- An artist's preliminary sketch.
- A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
- An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
- A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- A drawing satirising current public figures.
verb
noun
- A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
- A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
- An amusing person.
- A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.
- A lookout; vigilant watch for something.
- A formal specification of a mathematical structure or a data type described in terms of a graph and diagrams (and cones (and cocones)) on it. It can be implemented by means of “models”, which are functors which are graph homomorphisms from the formal specification to categories such that the diagrams become commutative, the cones become limiting (i.e., products), the cocones become colimiting (i.e., sums).
- A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.
- A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
- A brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano.
adj
noun
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
- The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
- An act of drinking.
- A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
- The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
- A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
verb
- To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To draw out; to call forth.
- To write a law.
- To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
- To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
- To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
adj
verb
noun
noun
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- an arrangement scheme
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- a decorative or artistic work
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- the creation of something in the mind
verb
- make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- create designs
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- intend or have as a purpose
noun
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A wake.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- The range of vision.
- A point of view.
- A mental image.
- An intention or prospect.
verb
verb
noun
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
adv
verb
- To render rough; to roughen.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
adj
- Turbulent.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Not polished; uncut.
- Harsh-tasting.
- Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Not smooth; uneven.
verb
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
noun
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a detailed critical inspection
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
- attentive consideration and meditation
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
verb
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- give careful consideration to
- be a student of a certain subject
- learn by reading books
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
adj
- Resembling a comedy sketch, of sketch quality.
- Because he is so sketchy, I always think that he is up to something.
- Disturbing or unnerving, often in such a way that others may suspect them of intending physical or sexual harm or harassment.
- Not thorough or detailed.
- Roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.
- Of questionable or doubtful quality.
- Suspected of taking part in illicit or dishonorable dealings.
noun
- biographical sketch
- an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
- degree of exposure to public notice
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
verb
noun
- A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
- The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
- The form of an object as seen by an observer.
- A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
verb
- To sketch; to delineate.
- To engrave a surface.
- To make a lasting impression.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
noun
- A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.
- The act of turning to face in the other direction.
- A turnabout; a reversal of circumstances.
- A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
- Synonym of goback
- The time required to carry out a task.
- The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
- The scheduled shutdown of an industrial plant, such as an oil rig, for maintenance and testing.
- A contractual provision by which, if the studio elects to abandon a film project, the producer has a limited period in which to sell it elsewhere.
- Preparations for takeoff, such as loading and servicing.
- A reversal of policy.
verb
- To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
noun
- The ground plan of a work or works.
- The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- A residue of some substance or material.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- A very small amount.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
prefix
noun
- the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
- an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
- a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
- players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
- act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
- the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
noun
- An artist who primarily makes drawings.
- A side panel containing supplementary content.
- One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
- An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
- A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
- A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.
- Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
noun
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
verb
adj
verb
- To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
- Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
adj
noun
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- A short but unspecified time period.
- A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
- A fixed part of a module.
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A while or a long unspecified period of time
noun
- An early version of an animated scene, consisting of rough sketches that are photographed or scanned.
- A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a pencil pushed through a person's hair can be removed.
- An informal test of whether a girl needs to wear a bra, based on whether a pencil placed in the inframammary fold stays in place or not.
noun
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- A number, an amount.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A figure of speech.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- A numeral.
- A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- A shape.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
verb
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- To enter into; to be a part of.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- To embellish.
- To come to understand.
- To be reasonable.
noun
- A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
- A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".
- Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.
- A graph or chart.
verb
noun
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
- The act of conceiving.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
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