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sculpt

sculpt [ skulpt ] (past and past participle sculpt·ed, present participle sculpt·ing, 3rd person present singular sculpts)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb make sculpture: to carve, model, cast, or otherwise create a three-dimensional representation of something as a work of art

2. transitive verb carve or model material: to use a material in sculpting

3. intransitive verb be sculptor: to create three-dimensional works of art as a profession or pastime

4. transitive verb shape something naturally: to change the shape or contours of something by natural processes such as erosion

[Mid-19th century. < French sculpter< sculpteur "sculptor" < Latin sculpt- (see sculpture)]
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