Profile

(prō'fil, or prō'feel) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. profil, Sp. & Pg. perfil, It. profilo, from Lat. pro, or per, and filum, a thread, an outline, shape.]

1Sense 1. An outline or contour.

2Sense 2. (Paint. & Sculp.) A head or portrait represented sidewise or in a side view; the side face or half face; as, to draw or appear in profile; the profile of Pope or Addison.

3Sense 3. (Arch.) The contour or outline of a figure, building, or member; a vertical section. Gwilt.

(prō'fil, or prō'feel), v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROFILED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROFILING.] [Fr. profiler, Sp. perfilar, It. profilare. See supra.] To draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as a building.