an outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.-a human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.-a section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.-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.-to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.-to shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.