sculpt
English
Etymology
From French sculpter, from Latin sculpere (“to cut out, carve in stone”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
sculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)
- (transitive) To form by sculpture.
- They sculpted a statue out of clay.
- (intransitive) To work as a sculptor.
- What do you do?
- I used to box, but now I sculpt.
- What do you do?
Derived terms
- resculpt
Related terms
- sculptor
- sculpture
Translations
be a sculptor
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Further reading
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