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out·line

(out′līn′)
n.
1. A line indicating the outer contours or boundaries of an object or figure: could see the outlines of an animal in the dark.
2.
a. A style of drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
b. A sketch done in this style.
3.
a. A summary of a text or subject, usually presented in headings and subheadings.
b. A preliminary draft or plan, as of a project or proposal.
tr.v. out·lined, out·lin·ing, out·lines
1. To draw or trace an outline of.
2. To display or accentuate the outline of: His face was outlined on the lampshade.
3. To give the main features or various aspects of; summarize: outlined the major provisions of the tax bill.
Synonyms: outline, contour, profile, silhouette
These nouns refer to a line that defines the boundary and shape of an object, mass, or figure: the outline of the mountains against the sunset; saw the island's contour from the airplane; a monarch's profile on an ancient coin; saw the dark silhouette of the family waving farewell.
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Adj. 1. outlined - showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill"
distinct - easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
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Above the Kolocha, in Borodino and on both sides of it, especially to the left where the Voyna flowing between its marshy banks falls into the Kolocha, a mist had spread which seemed to melt, to dissolve, and to become translucent when the brilliant sun appeared and magically colored and outlined everything.
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On a half sheet of paper that he had in his pocket Philip made a sketch of her as she sat leaning over her book (she outlined the words with her lips as she read), and left it on the table when he went away.
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Outside in the garden, with his figure outlined against the luminous square, there stood a man, his back to the road, his two hands upon the window ledge, and his body rather bent as though he were trying to peep in past the blind.
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As he came to a little bridge across a dry ravine he saw the figure of a man standing upon it, clearly outlined against the gray background of a misty forest.
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Pierre to Chateaubriand, from Chateaubriand to Victor Hugo; it has no doubt some obscure relationship to those pantheistic theories which have greatly occupied people's minds in many modern readings of philosophy; it makes as much difference between the modern and the earlier landscape art as there is between the roughly outlined masks of a Byzantine mosaic and a portrait by Reynolds or Romney.
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And with their confidence we can carry through the large developments we have outlined to you."
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On a colossal pedestal, the cliff, - motionless at the extreme edge of the capping rock and sharply outlined against the sky, - was an equestrian statue of impressive dignity.
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(26) Using gas lamps to illuminate people's faces as the night encroaches, Poe strikingly outlined his figures with darkness.
Retzsch's Outlines and Poe's 'The Man of the Crowd'
ISI, an al-Qaeda affiliation in Iraq, outlined in its Strategic Plan to Improve the Political Position of the Islamic State of Iraq a lessons-learned approach to the insurgency, noted Marc Lynch, an Iraq analyst writing for Foreign Policy magazine, the United Press International reported.
Iraq-Qaeda
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenehi has outlined the key points he wants to see in Iran's next five-year plan that will start in another 14 months.
5-year plan outlined by Khamenehi

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