LekhoriLekhoriThe outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
The book The Men with the Pink Triangles, profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.
To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
From French profil, from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Dou...
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To draw in profile or outline.