Noun

(uncountable) The quality of being profane.

(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith

, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity ", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}

Noun

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

His fingers traced the profile of the handle.

(countable) 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.

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

Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.

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

I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.

(uncountable) reputation

(uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes

Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.

(uncountable) prominence; noticeability

Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile .

(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.

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

What's the thermal profile on that thing?

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

(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.