1.  profile(n = noun.communication) - an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers"
is a kind of chart
has particulars: population profile

2.  profile(n = noun.location) - an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side);
is a kind of side view
Derived form verb profile₂

3.  profile(n = noun.communication) - biographical sketch;
is a kind of biography, life, life history, life story
Derived form verb profile₁

4.  profile(n = noun.state) visibility - degree of exposure to public notice; "that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election"
is a kind of salience, saliency, strikingness
has particulars: low profile

5.  profile(n = noun.location) - a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers;
is a kind of cross section
has parts: horizon, soil horizon
has particulars: soil profile

1.  profile(v = verb.creation) - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"
is one way to compose, indite, pen, write
Derived form noun profile₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

2.  profile(v = verb.creation) - represent in profile, by drawing or painting;
is one way to interpret, represent
Derived form noun profile₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

1.  An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple. [1913 Webster]

2.  A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face. [1913 Webster]

3.  A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. [1913 Webster]

1.  to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member. [1913 Webster]

2.  To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. [1913 Webster]

profile, n. & v.
--n.
1 a an outline (esp. of a human face) as seen from one side. b a representation of this.
2 a short biographical or character sketch.
3 Statistics a representation by a graph or chart of information (esp. on certain characteristics) recorded in a quantified form.
4 a characteristic personal manner or attitude.
5 a vertical cross-section of a structure.
6 a flat outline piece of scenery on stage.
--v.tr.
1 represent in profile.
2 give a profile to.

Idiom:
in profile as seen from one side. keep a low profile remain inconspicuous.

Derivative:
profiler n. profilist n.

Etymology:
obs. It. profilo, profilare (as PRO-(1), filare spin f. L filare f. filum thread)

N  outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.

N  laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn.

N  appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.

N  painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.

blood profile, high profile, low profile, population profile, soil profile