Category: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 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.