profile

• Noun

  1. The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
  2. The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
  3. A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
  4. A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
  5. Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
  6. The amount by which something protrudes.
  7. 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, photographing, etc.
  8. Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
  9. A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
  10. 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.
  11. (slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.

• Verb