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Sculpt

//skʌlpt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form by sculpture. transitive

    "They sculpted a statue out of clay."

  2. 2
    shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it wordnet
  3. 3
    To work as a sculptor. intransitive

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

  4. 4
    create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material wordnet
  5. 5
    To carve out gradually. transitive

    "Landforms sculpted by the wind."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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