outlines

NOUN

plan, sketch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blueprint draft drawing framework summary synopsis

STRONG

diagram frame layout recapitulation rundown skeleton tracing

WEAK

bare facts floor plan ground plan main features rough draft rough idea résumé thumbnail sketch

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

NOUN

form, tracing of an object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

configuration contour shape

STRONG

conformation delineation figuration figure profile silhouette

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

VERB

sketch out; plan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delineate describe draft lay out summarize

STRONG

adumbrate characterize chart paint plot recapitulate skeleton trace

WEAK

block out rough out skeletonize tell about

Example Sentences

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I leaned back and looked up at the rope ladders of ratlines climbing the masts.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021

The sophomores and juniors, drawn from two dozen U.S. colleges, drop their pens and scramble to their stations, some grabbing halyards on deck, others swinging into the ratlines 20 ft. above.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now he perches high in the ratlines and the high beams of the masts.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The parrot sighs, digs his talons painfully into my shoulders, beats his wings, and lifts me away from the ratlines of the foremast.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The rope lattice of the ratlines narrows as I near the crow’s nest, making the climb feel increasingly treacherous.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman