ALL meanings of outline
out·line
O o - noun outline the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour. 1
- noun outline a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form. 1
- noun outline a general sketch, account, or report, indicating only the main features, as of a book, subject, or project: an outline of medieval history; an outline of a speech. 1
- noun outline outlines, the essential features or main aspects of something under discussion: At the first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of the project. 1
- noun outline Printing. an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white. 1
- verb with object outline to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object. 1
- verb with object outline to give an outline of; sketch the main features of: On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us. 1
- noun outline contour 1
- transitive verb outline draw around 1
- transitive verb outline summarize 1
- noun outline profile 1
- noun outline general description 1
- noun outline overview, summary 1
- noun outline A line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram. 1
- noun outline draft 1
- verb outline If you outline an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way. 0
- variable noun outline An outline is a general explanation or description of something. 0
- passive verb outline You say that an object is outlined when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it. 0
- countable noun outline The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen. 0
- noun outline a preliminary or schematic plan, draft, account, etc 0
- noun outline the important features of an argument, theory, work, etc 0
- noun outline the line by which an object or figure is or appears to be bounded 0
- noun outline a drawing or manner of drawing consisting only of external lines 0
- noun outline (as modifier) 0
- verb outline to draw or display the outline of 0
- verb outline to give the main features or general idea of 0
- noun outline a line bounding the limits of an object, showing its shape; contour line 0
- noun outline a sketch showing only the contours of an object without use of shading 0
- noun outline a general plan without detail 0
- noun outline a summary of a subject, consisting of a systematic listing of its most important points 0
- verb transitive outline to draw a profile of; draw in outline 0
- verb transitive outline to give or write an outline, or the main points, of 0