| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sketch out; plan |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, characterize, chart, delineate, describe, draft, lay out, paint, plot, recapitulate, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, summarize, tell about, trace |
| Main Entry: | outlining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | edging |
Synonyms: |
banding, bordering, bounding, circumscribing, configurating, delimiting, girdling, marking, zoning |
| Main Entry: | outlining |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sketching |
Synonyms: |
aligning, banding, bounding, charting, circumscribing, delimiting, delineating, delineating, depicting, designing, diagramming, drafting, drawing, drawing up, girdling, mapping, planning, plotting, projecting, tracing |
| Concept: | Outline. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
Synonyms: |
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outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines, tournure, contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coastline., zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon (enclosure); circlet.
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| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare short document from longer one |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, condense, digest, outline, review, shorten, summarize |
Antonyms: |
complete, expand, insert, lengthen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | block out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan course |
Synonyms: |
arrange, chart, map out, outline, prepare, sketch |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
Antonyms: |
be inside, center |
| Main Entry: | characterize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify, distinguish |
Synonyms: |
belong to, brand, button down, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, individualize, individuate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peculiarize, peg, personalize, pigeonhole, portray, represent, signalize, singularize, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, typecast |
| Main Entry: | chart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, map out |
Synonyms: |
arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, delineate, design, devise, draft, graph, lay out, outline, plot, project, shape, sketch |
| Main Entry: | circumscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark off, delimit |
Synonyms: |
bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, open |