the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something

giving only major points; lacking completeness

a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn

The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something, The use of an agent, procedure, or regimen, such as a drug, surgery, or exercise, in an attempt to cure or mitigate a disease, condition, or injury, A written sketch outlining the plot, characters, and action for a screenplay but not including certain elements of a finished screenplay, such as camera directions and dialogue

A brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary, A summary or brief statement giving a general view of some subject; a compendium of heads or short paragraphs so arranged as to afford a view of the whole or of principal parts of a matter under consideration; a conspectus, a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theor

A biography, A biographical sketch or outline

Conniving; crafty, oncealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest, Intriguing; artful; scheming, noun_ the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan), The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans, Showing or exercising forethought, verb_ Present participle of design

The act, process, or technique of describing, A statement or an account describing something, A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species