outlines
plural of outline
outlines
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outline
• elutions, line outs, line-outs, lineouts
Source: Wiktionary
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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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