the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.

a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form.

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.

outlines, the essential features or main aspects of something under discussion

At the first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of the project.

Printing . an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white.

to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object.

to give an outline of; sketch the main features of

On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us.

noun

inside

noun

bare facts , blueprint , diagram , draft , drawing , floor plan , frame , framework , ground plan , layout , main features , recapitulation , rsum , rough draft , rough idea , rundown , skeleton , summary , synopsis , thumbnail sketch , tracing , configuration , conformation , contour , delineation , figuration , figure , profile , shape , silhouette , rough , sketch , abridgement , adumbration , circumference , compendium , conspectus , draught , lineament , periphery , portrayal , prospectus , scenario , schema

verb

adumbrate , block out , characterize , chart , delineate , describe , draft , lay out , paint , plot , recapitulate , rough out , skeleton , skeletonize , summarize , tell about , trace , block in , rough in , sketch , blueprint , border , configuration , conformation , contour , diagram , draw , figuration , figure , form , frame , fringe , limits , limn , lineament , map , perimeter , plan , preplan , profile , prospectus , rundown , shape , silhouette , summary , syllabus , synopsis