Word: profiling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
fi
ling
Definition: In 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: profile
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pro
Language: la
Decoded: pro
Meaning: before
Affix: filo
Language: it
Decoded: filo
Meaning: a line, stroke, thread
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.