"outlining" in the verb sense
1. sketch, outline, adumbrate
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book"
"outline his ideas"
2. draft, outline
draw up an outline or sketch for something
"draft a speech"
3. delineate, limn, outline
trace the shape of
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