Definitions
1.verbTo create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
2.verbTo act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
3.verbTo draw in profile or outline.
4.verbTo give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
5.verbTo measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.
6.nounThe forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
7.nounIn the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.