PROFILE, noun pro'fil. [Latin filum, a thread or line.] 1. Primarily, an outline of contour; hence, in sculpture and painting, a head or portrait represented sidewise or in a side view; the side face or half face; as, to draw or appear in profile; the profile of Pope or Addison. 2. In architecture, the contour or outline of a figure, building or member; also, the draught of a building, representing it as if cut down perpendicularly from the roof to the foundation. PRO'FILE, verb transitive To draw the outline of a head sidewise; to draw in profile; as a building.
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