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Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : out-lahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlaɪn

inside

Definition of outline

Origin : 1660s, "lines by which a figure is delineated," from out + line (v.). Meaning "rough draft in words" is from 1759.

noun plan, sketch
noun form, tracing of an object
verb sketch out; plan

Example sentences :

When Sidney saw the outline of the stable roof, she knew that it was dawn.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Dilly bent, and traced the outline of a leaf with her finger.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

She traced the outline of her left eyebrow, and put it right.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Let me take one example which may mark out the outline of the contention.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

They have length, and breadth, and outline: have they nothing to do with depth?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

It is the nature of the thing, not the clearness of its outline, that determines its operation.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

It insisted on the outline which had probably been the starting-point of his conception.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Thus it was only for a few moments that I distinctly saw the outline of her figure.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Round the bend came a trifling object, small, uncertain in its outline.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

But these are mainly in outline, with little attempt to achieve tones.
Extract from : « Why Bewick Succeeded » by Jacob Kainen

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