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sculpt

verb, noun — 4 senses

sculpt

verb

/skʌlpt/

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

1

To form by sculpture.

  • They sculpted a statue out of clay.
2

To work as a sculptor.

  • What do you do? -I used to box, but now I sculpt.
3

To carve out gradually.

  • Landforms sculpted by the wind.
Derived terms
resculpt
Related terms
sculptor, sculpture

sculpt

noun

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

1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.

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