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sculpt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb sculpt has 2 senses
- sculpt(v = verb.creation) sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" is one way to forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
- sculpt(v = verb.contact) grave, sculpture - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" is one way to carve
Derived forms noun sculptor1, noun sculpture2, noun sculpture1
Sample sentence:
Did he sculpt his major works over a short period of time?
Derived forms noun sculptor1, noun sculpture2, noun sculpture1
Sample sentences:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
sculpt, v.tr. & intr. (also sculp) sculpture.
Etymology
F sculpter f. sculpteur SCULPTOR: now regarded as an abbr.
THESAURUS
sculpt
assemble, block out, carve, cast, chase, chisel, create, cut, efform, engrave, fashion, figure, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, grave, hew, insculpture, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, mint, model, mold, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sculp, sculpture, set, shape, solder, stamp, tailor, thermoform, weld, work
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