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| 1. n. plural of profile |  |
| profile | |
| 1. n. The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object. | |
| His fingers traced the profile of the handle. | |
| 2. n. The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view. | |
| The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman. | |
| 3. n. A summary or collection of information, especially about a person | |
| Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect. | |
| 4. n. A specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems. | |
| I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged. | |
| 5. n. Reputation. | |
| 6. n. The amount by which something protrudes. | |
| Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things. | |
| 7. n. Prominence; noticeability. | |
| Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile. | |
| 8. n. (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, p | |
| 9. n. Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses). | |
| What's the thermal profile on that thing? | |
| 10. n. (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc. | |
| 11. n. (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc. | |
| 12. n. (military slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability. | |
| 13. v. To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.). | |
| 14. v. To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling. | |
| 15. v. To draw in profile or outline. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, engineering) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc. | |
| 17. v. (computing, transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks. | |
