1. (n.) An outline, or contour; as, the profile of a President\.

2. (n.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.

3. (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.

4. (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.

5. (n.) to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.

6. (n.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.

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