Thesaurus: outline

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1. n. The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
2. n. In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
3. n. A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
4. n. 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.
5. v. t. To draw the outline of.
6. v. t. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
7. n. the line that appears to bound an object
8. n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
9. n. a schematic or preliminary plan
10. v. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
11. v. draw up an outline or sketch for something
12. v. trace the shape of