(~s, outlining, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way.
The mayor ~d his plan to clean up the town’s image...
VERB: V n
2.
An ~ is a general explanation or description of something.
Following is an ~ of the survey findings...
The proposals were given in ~ by the Secretary of State.
N-COUNT: also in N
3.
You say that an object is ~d when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it.
The Ritz was ~d against the lights up there...
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed
4.
The ~ of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen.
He could see only the hazy ~ of the goalposts.
N-COUNT: usu N of n