| Main Entry: | rough out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do preliminary design |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, chalk, characterize, delineate, draft, outline, plan, skeleton, sketch, suggest |
| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sketch out; plan |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, characterize, chart, delineate, describe, draft, lay out, paint, plot, recapitulate, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, summarize, tell about, trace |
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
Synonyms: |
angle, brew*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conceive, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, design, devise, draft, finagle, frame, hatch, imagine, intrigue, lay*, machinate, maneuver, operate, outline, project, promote, rough out, set up, sketch, wangle |
Antonyms: |
forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw, outline |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, blueprint*, chalk, characterize, chart, delineate, depict, describe, design, detail, develop, diagram, doodle, draft, lay out, line, map out, paint, plan, plot, portray, represent, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, trace |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |
| Concept: | Outline. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
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-nouns
outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines, tournure, contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coastline., zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon (enclosure); circlet.
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