3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outline \Out"line`\, n.
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.
--Dryden.
2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general
indication of a plan system, course of thought, etc.; as
the outline of a speech.
But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and
no more --Tennyson.
Syn: Sketch; draught; delineation. See {Sketch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outline \Out"line`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlined}; p. pr &
vb n. {Outlining}.]
1. To draw the outline of
2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as to
outline an argument or a campaign.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
outline
n 1: the line that appears to bound an object
2: a summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn:
{synopsis}, {abstract}, {precis}]
3: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: {schema}]
v 1: describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the
book" [syn: {sketch}, {adumbrate}]
2: draw up an outline or sketch for something "draft a speech"
[syn: {draft}, {rough}]
3: make a sketch of [syn: {sketch}, {chalk out}]
4: trace the shape of [syn: {delineate}, {limn}]
5: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the
outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape"
[syn: {trace}, {draw}, {line}, {describe}, {delineate}]
6: draw up the plans or basic details for "frame a policy"
[syn: {frame}, {compose}, {draw up}]
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