<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.</li><li>a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form.</li><li>a general sketch, account, or report, indicating only the main features, as of a book, subject, or project: an outline of medieval history; an outline of a speech.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>summary</li><li>synopsis</li><li>rough</li><li>draft</li><li>plan</li></ul><p><strong>Definition</strong></p><ul><li>outlines, the essential features or main aspects of something under discussion: At the first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of the project.</li><li>Printing: an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>outlined</li><li>outlining</li><li>to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>draft</li><li>delineate</li></ul><p><strong>Definition</strong></p><ul><li>to give an outline of; sketch the main features of: On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>draft</li><li>delineate</li></ul>