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Skizze — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adumbration noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
  • delineation noun The act of showing or describing something clearly.
  • outline noun The line or shape marking the edge of something.
  • sketch verb To make a quick, rough drawing without full detail.

Senses

Skizze is used for these senses in English:

  • adumbration (countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
  • delineation (arts) An image of the outline of an object.
  • sketch A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

adumbration — full definition

  1. noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
  2. noun A rough drawing or short description that gives only the basic shape of something.
  3. noun (heraldry) The showing of a design only as an outline, sometimes shaded a darker color than the background.
  4. noun A rough or symbolic picture of something, or an early, unclear sign of what is to come.

delineation — full definition

  1. noun The act of showing or describing something clearly.
  2. noun A picture that shows the outer shape of something.
  3. noun A vivid description of something given in words.
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