(~s, profiling, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is the outline of your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side.
His handsome ~ was turned away from us.
N-COUNT
2.
If you see someone in ~, you see them from the side.
This picture shows the girl in ~.
N-UNCOUNT: in N
3.
A ~ of someone is a short article or programme in which their life and character are described.
A newspaper published ~s of the candidates’ wives.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n
4.
To ~ someone means to give an account of that person’s life and character. (JOURNALISM)
Tamar Golan, a Paris-based journalist, ~s the rebel leader.
VERB: V n
5.
If someone has a high ~, people notice them and what they do. If you keep a low ~, you avoid doing things that will make people notice you.
...a move that would give Egypt a much higher ~ in the upcoming peace talks...
PHRASE: PHR after v
see also high-~