Contour (7)
I believe the answer is:
outline
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">contour</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that contour is a more specific form of the action outline)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for outline that I've seen before include "Sketchy plan" , "Framework" , "Sketch; general statement" , "Sketch, skeleton" , "Give a rough idea" .)