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sculpt.

To form by sculpture.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/skʌlpt/
  1. To form by sculpture.

    transitive
    They sculpted a statue out of clay.
  2. To work as a sculptor.

    intransitive
    What do you do? -I used to box, but now I sculpt.
  3. To carve out gradually.

    transitive
    Landforms sculpted by the wind.
Where this word comes from

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

noun/skʌlpt/
  1. A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.

Where this word comes from

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

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