outline
/ˈaʊtlaɪn/ verb B1- To draw an outline of; to describe.
- To summarize. · Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background.
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He/she/it outlines · Past outlined · Past participle outlined · -ing form outlining
Verb forms
- Base form
- outline
- He/she/it
- outlines
- Past
- outlined
- Past participle
- outlined
- -ing form
- outlining
From the library
In ten more we were seated in the parlour of the inn and being treated to a rapid sketch of those events which have been outlined in the previous chapter.
Presently it was thrown open with a whining of hinges, and we could dimly see the dark outline of a man’s head and shoulders looking out into the gloom.
There were the marks of the horse’s hoofs, too, the outline of one of which was far more clearly cut than that of the other three, showing that that was a new shoe.
The firs in the Haunted Wood were all feathery and wonderful; the birches and wild cherry-trees were outlined in pearl; the plowed fields were stretches of snowy dimples; and there was a crisp tang in the air that was glorious.
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