# noun. - a line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram. * fill in the outlines with color - a general description or plan giving the essential features of something but not the detail. * an outline of the theory of evolution
# verb. - draw, trace, or define the outer edge or shape of (something). * her large eyes were darkly outlined with eyeliner - give a summary of (something). * she outlined the case briefly