outline
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Is outline a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of outline?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
2. (fishing) A setline or trotline.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.Examples: "He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design."transitive
2. (transitive) To summarize.Examples: "Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background."; "At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum."transitive
3. (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.Synonyms: reverse inlinetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary