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sculpt

verb

  1. create a three-dimensional artwork
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /skʌlpt/

noun

Etymology: From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō (“to cut out, carve in stone”).

  1. A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.

verb

Etymology: From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō (“to cut out, carve in stone”).

  1. To form by sculpture.

    They sculpted a statue out of clay.

  2. To work as a sculptor.

    What do you do? -I used to box, but now I sculpt.

  3. To carve out gradually.

    Landforms sculpted by the wind.