Outlining
['aʊt,laɪn]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outline
Editor: Madge
Examples
- It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After outlining the duties of the meter man, Edison says: I should not take too young a man for this, say, a man from twenty-three to thirty years old, bright and businesslike. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In outlining a ripple they have forgotten the tides. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Madge