Shape vs. Profile

Shapenoun

The status or condition of something

Shapenoun

Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

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The appearance of something, especially its outline.

Shapenoun

Form; formation.

Shapenoun

(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Shapenoun

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

Shapenoun

A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

Shapenoun

(programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.

Shapeverb

To create or make.

Shapeverb

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

Shapeverb

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

Shapeverb

(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

Shapeverb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Shapeverb

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

Shapeverb

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

Shapeverb

To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

Shapeverb

To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).

Shapeverb

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

Shapeverb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Shapenoun

Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

Shapenoun

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

Shapenoun

A model; a pattern; a mold.

Shapenoun

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

Shapenoun

Dress for disguise; guise.

Shapenoun

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Shapenoun

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

Shapenoun

the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;

Shapenoun

alternative names for the body of a human being;

Shapenoun

a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;

Shapenoun

the visual appearance of something or someone;

Shapenoun

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

Shapenoun

the supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe

Shapenoun

a perceptual structure;

Shapeverb

shape or influence; give direction to;

Shapeverb

make something, usually for a specific function;

Shapeverb

give a shape or form to;

Shape

A shape or figure is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture, or material type. A plane shape, two-dimensional shape, or 2D shape (plane figure, two-dimensional figure, or 2D figure) is constrained to lie on a plane, in contrast to solid figures.

Profilenoun

(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.

Profilenoun

(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.

Profilenoun

(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person

Profilenoun

(countable) A specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.

Profilenoun

(uncountable) Reputation.

Profilenoun

(uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.

Profilenoun

(uncountable) Prominence; noticeability.

Profilenoun

(archaeology) 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.

Profilenoun

Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).

Profilenoun

(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.

Profilenoun

(civil engineering) 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.

Profilenoun

(military slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.

Profileverb

(transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).

Profileverb

To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.

Profileverb

(transitive) To draw in profile or outline.

Profileverb

To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.

Profileverb

To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.

Profilenoun

An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.

Profilenoun

A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.

Profilenoun

A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.

Profileverb

to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.

Profileverb

To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.

Profilenoun

an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics;

Profilenoun

a side view representation of an object (especially a human face)

Profilenoun

biographical sketch

Profilenoun

degree of exposure to public notice;

Profilenoun

a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers

Profileverb

write about;

Profileverb

represent in profile, by drawing or painting