Definition of Outline. Meaning of Outline. Synonyms of Outline
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Definition of Outline
Outline 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.
Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and
shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
--Dryden.
2. 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.
But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and
no more. --Tennyson.
Syn: Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch.
Outline Outline Out"line`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Outlining.]
1. To draw the outline of.
2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to
outline an argument or a campaign.
