outline
part of speech
noun (an outline, outlines); verb (outline, outlines, outlined, outlining)
meaning for a pupil
1) An outline is a line that shows the shape or edge of something. tree →
2) An outline is a short plan that gives the main points, not all the details. tree →
3) To outline something is to draw its edge. tree →
4) To outline a plan or story is to explain its main points. tree →
sense in the lessons
In art, pupils draw the outline first and then colour in. In English, they write an outline (plan) before an essay or story. In maths, the outline of a shape is its perimeter. Phrases: "in outline", "rough outline", "outline the main points".
examples
- Draw the outline of the leaf. tree →
- We saw the outline of the hills in the dark. tree →
- Write an outline before your story. tree →
- The teacher outlined the plan for the trip. tree →
- Trace the outline of your hand. tree →
- Here's a brief outline of the book. tree →
- Again he gave me an outline for a sketch. tree →
note
Countable noun. Verb regular: outlined, outlining. The distance round the outline of a shape is its perimeter.
In the corpora
- A shadow shows the outline of the thing in the way, and moving a hand closer to the lamp makes its shadow bigger.
- Its shape matches the outline of the object.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «outline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.