Synonym: chart, contour, diagram, draft, drawing, pattern, plan, profile, skeleton, sketch. Similar words: the front line, unsettling, line, line up, in line, online, decline, airline. Meaning: ['aʊtlaɪn] 
n. 1. the line that appears to bound an object 2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory 3. a schematic or preliminary plan. v. 1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of 2. draw up an outline or sketch for something 3. trace the shape of.
n. 1. the line that appears to bound an object 2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory 3. a schematic or preliminary plan. v. 1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of 2. draw up an outline or sketch for something 3. trace the shape of. 
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31 She drew the figures in outline.
32 The outline of the ship became more distinct.
33 Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud.
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34 She pencilled the rough outline of a house.
35 The outline of Italy suggests a boot.
36 Always write an outline for your essays.
37 He drew an outline map of Italy.
38 Following is an outline of the survey findings.
39 Here's the plan in outline.
40 I'll give you a broad outline of the plan.
41 He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
42 Each picture is shown in colour on one page and as a bold outline on the opposite page.
43 He has only been able to trace out the outline of the plan, without any details.
44 In effect, Parsons presents us with a beguilingly simple outline of social evolution.
45 Now the leadership wants to look forward, and to outline a strategy for the rest of the century.
46 He drew the outline of a house on the paper.
47 At last we could see the dim outline of an island.
48 These documents provided a broad outline of the Society's development.
49 Draw the outline lightly with a soft pencil. This can be rubbed out later.
50 He retained the broad outline of the tragedy but not the details of the play.
51 The proposals were given in outline by the Secretary of State.
52 The outline of the mountain in the distance is dim.
53 She lightly traced the outline of his face with her finger.
54 If you read the minutes of the meeting, they'll give you a broad outline of what was discussed.
55 John will tell you the plan in outline, and then I'll round it out.
56 Underneath the hospital blankets I could see the outline of her poor wasted body.
57 In the distance was the insubstantial outline of a ship.
58 The market likes the broad outline but is reserving judgment on the fine detail.
59 With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in.
60 The dim outline of a house could be made out.
More similar words: the front line, unsettling, line, line up, in line, online, decline, airline, headline, gasoline, deadline, guideline, in line with, outlet, burst out laughing, link, call in, cling, blink, deal in, ruling, roll in, link up, clinic, pull in, fill in, all in all, fine, pine, ceiling.