OUTLINE
\ˈa͡ʊtla͡ɪn], \ˈaʊtlaɪn], \ˈaʊ_t_l_aɪ_n]\
Definitions of OUTLINE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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describe roughly or briefly; "sketch the outline of the book"
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draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
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trace the shape of
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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To sketch; to delineate.
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The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
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In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
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A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
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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.
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To draw the outline of.
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Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
By Oddity Software
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To sketch; to delineate.
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The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
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In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
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A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
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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.
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To draw the outline of.
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Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The mark that shows the outer limits or shape of a figure; in drawing, a sketch which shows the shape of figures without light and shade; in writing or speaking, a first draft or sketch in words.
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To draw the limiting mark or edge of; to state the plan of in words.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The outer or exterior line: the lines by which any figure is bounded: a sketch: a draft.
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To draw the exterior line of: to delineate or sketch.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
