outline

Noun

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• the line that appears to bound an object

Verb

• trace the shape of

• draw up an outline or sketch for something
  • draft a speech
    

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
  • sketch the outline of the book
    
  • outline his ideas
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  schema , scheme , synopsis , abstract , precis , lineation , delineate , limn , draft , sketch , adumbrate