Definition of profile

• n. - An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
• n. - A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.
• n. - A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.
• n. - 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.
• n. - to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.
• n. - To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.