sculpt

English

Etymology

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

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Verb

sculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)

  1. (transitive) To form by sculpture.
    They sculpted a statue out of clay.
  2. (intransitive) To work as a sculptor.
    What do you do?
    I used to box, but now I sculpt.

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