outline
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)outlines, outlined, outlining
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of“sketch the outline of the book”“outline his ideas”Synonyms: sketchadumbrateMore general describe, depictMore specific block out, sketch out
- draw up an outline or sketch for something“draft a speech”Synonyms: draftMore general write, compose
- trace the shape ofSynonyms: delineatelimnMore general drawMore specific contour, lipstick
Noun (3)outlines
- the line that appears to bound an objectSynonyms: lineationType of boundary, boundKinds silhouette, profile, skyline, coastline
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theorySynonyms: synopsisabstractprecisType of summary, sum-upKinds brief, epitome, apercu
- a schematic or preliminary planSynonyms: schemaschemeType of plan, program
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Translations
Noun line marking the boundary of an object figure
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. (a) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour. (b) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated. (c) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.— John Dryden
2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
But that larger grief... Is given in outline and no more.— Alfred Tennyson
Synonyms: Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch.
1. To draw the outline of.
2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54