ALL meanings of outlining
out·line
O o - noun outlining the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour. 1
- noun outlining a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form. 1
- noun outlining 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 outlining 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 outlining Printing. an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white. 1
- verb with object outlining to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object. 1
- verb with object outlining to give an outline of; sketch the main features of: On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us. 1
- noun outlining Present participle of outline. 1