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outline
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outline \Out"line`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlined; p. pr. & vb. n. Outlining.] 1. To draw the outline of. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and
shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
--Dryden.
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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.
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But that larger grief . . .
Is given in outline and no more. --Tennyson.
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Syn: Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch.
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