Profiles meaning : The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object. The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view. A summary or collection of information, especially about a person A specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems. Reputation. The amount by which something protrudes. Prominence; noticeability. 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. Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses). A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc. 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. An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability. To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.). To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling. To draw in profile or outline. To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc. To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.