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Outline   /ˈaʊtlˌaɪn/   Listen
Outline

noun
1.
The line that appears to bound an object.  Synonym: lineation.
2.
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.  Synonyms: abstract, precis, synopsis.
3.
A schematic or preliminary plan.  Synonyms: schema, scheme.
verb
(past & past part. outlined; pres. part. outlining)
1.
Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of.  Synonyms: adumbrate, sketch.  "Outline his ideas"
2.
Draw up an outline or sketch for something.  Synonym: draft.
3.
Trace the shape of.  Synonyms: delineate, limn.





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... desirable that the outline of the vertical section shall be a flowing line with a broad and shallow, or no depression at the stem end and as little as possible at the opposite point; but the relative importance of this, or whether the general outline shall be round or oval, either ...
— Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato • William Warner Tracy
 
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... I drew the nosegay from its hiding place—it was withered as if scorched by a burning heat! Upon looking closer at this strange phenomena, I beheld, to my horror, in dim outline, the face of the murdered! Whence came the impression? Had my riotous heart burnt the secret upon ...
— Strange Visitors • Henry J. Horn
 
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... those of the calf. In the ordinary native the skin on the loins is smooth and tight, and the anatomy of the body is clearly discernible; but the Ahgai-ambo man had several folds of thick skin or muscle across the loins, which concealed the outline of his frame. On placing one of our natives, of the same height, alongside the marsh man, we noticed that our native was about three ...
— Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines • H. Wilfrid Walker
 
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... seemed to carry his? I think not always. He must have needed superhuman strength to conceive and give birth to this mighty book. The thoughts sketched in The New Jerusalem had grown to their full fruition in an atmosphere of meditation. It would be much easier to give an outline of The Everlasting Man than of Orthodoxy, much harder to give an idea of it. For Orthodoxy consists of a hundred brilliant arguments while The Everlasting Man really is a vision of history supported by a historical outline. Comparing ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward
 
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... compartments, the centre one rising higher than the others, and having under it the royal chair, which is a brilliant piece of workmanship; studded round the back with crystals. The shape of the chair is similar in outline to that in which the monarchs have been crowned, and which is in Westminster Abbey, but, of course, widely different in detail and decoration. On each side of this chair are others for Prince Albert ...
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