| noun | the line that appears to bound an object |
| noun | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
| noun | a schematic or preliminary plan |
| verb | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of “sketch the outline of the book” |
| verb | draw up an outline or sketch for something “draft a speech” |
| verb | trace the shape of |
| outline | verb | trace the shape of |
| line | verb | mark with lines |
| synoptic | adjective | presenting a summary or general view of a whole |
| abstract | verb | give an abstract (of) |
| precis | verb | make a summary (of) |
| schematic | adjective | represented in simplified or symbolic form |
| schematize | verb | formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula |
| scheme | verb | devise a system or form a scheme for |
| sketch | noun | short descriptive summary (of events) |
| outline | noun | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
| draft | noun | any of the various versions in the development of a written work |
| drafter | noun | a writer of a draft |
| drafting | noun | writing a first version to be filled out and polished later |
| delineative | adjective | depicted in a recognizable manner |
| delineation | noun | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |