Definition of outline

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Outline (n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

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Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Invected :: Invected (a.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.
Perspective :: Perspective (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects..
Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon..
Outlined :: Outlined (imp. & p. p.) of Outlin.
Wagon-headed :: Wagon-headed (a.) Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling..
Design :: Design (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing..
Schematism :: Schematism (n.) Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.
Element :: Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan..
Line :: Line (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline..
Design :: Design (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan..
Clear-cut :: Clear-cut (a.) Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) Figure; outline; show.
Conspectus :: Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
Circumscription :: Circumscription (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines..
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work..
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