outline

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
• trace the shape of
• draw up an outline or sketch for something
• To draw the outline of
• the line that appears to bound an object
• a schematic or preliminary plan
• The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure
• In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated
• A sketch composed of such lines
• Fig.: A sketch of any scheme
• Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline

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