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a line showing the shape; a statement of the chief facts; to draw, give, (something) in outline

plan, sketch

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Cases of word usage

1) (of an outline or surface) curved inwards like the inner surface of a bowl (concave)

2) an outline (of a coast etc) (contour)

3) (of an outline or surface) curved outwards like the outside of a ball (convex)

4) a drawing or outline from which something may be made (design)

5) an outline (usually in the form of rough notes or drawing) of something to be done (draft)

6) a meeting-point of rays of light, heat etc; a point, distance, where the sharpest outline is given (to the eye, through a telescope, through a lens on a camera etc) (focus)

7) a line showing the shape; a statement of the chief facts; to draw, give, (something) in outline (outline)

8) (a shape or outline that is) like an egg or ellipse (oval)

9) an outline drawing (of or for a building) showing the relative size, positions etc of the parts, especially as if seen from above (plan)

10) a side, especially of the head; an edge or outline of something seen against a background; a brief biography, as given in a magazine or on TV (profile)

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