PROFILES
Noun
profiles
plural of profile
Verb
profiles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profile
Source: Wiktionary
PROFILE
Pro"file, n. Etym: [It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a thread,
an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See File arow, and cf. Purfle,
Purl, a fringe.]
1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
2. (Paint & Sculp.)
Definition: A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side
face or half face.
3.
(a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its
main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.
(b) (Civil Engin.) 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. Profile paper (Civil
Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small
oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles.
Pro"file, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiling]
Etym: [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See Profile, n.]
1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural
member.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around
it. Profiling machine, a jigging machine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition