Definition of outline

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Outline (v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign..

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Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..
Programme :: Programme (n.) That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch..
Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..
Invected :: Invected (a.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Line :: Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections..
Outline :: Outline (n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
Draff :: Draff (n.) A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught..
Odontograph :: Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
Outlined :: Outlined (imp. & p. p.) of Outlin.
Conspectus :: Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
Lineature :: Lineature (n.) Anything having outline.
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
Peltiform :: Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate..
Square :: Square (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame..
Outline :: Outline (v. t.) To draw the outline of.
Profile :: Profile (n.) An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple..
Circumscription :: Circumscription (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls..
Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification..
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