n. Originally, a portrait in black or some other uniform tint, sometimes varied as to the bailor other parts by lighter lines or a lightening of shade, showing the profile as cast by a candle on a sheet of paper; hence, any opaque portrait, design, or image in profile.n. Opaque representation or exhibition in profile; the figure made by the shadow or a shadowy outline of an object; shadow.To represent or exhibit in silhouette; make or bring out a shaded profile or outline view of: used chiefly or only in the past participle.