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sculpt

UK/skʌlpt/ US/ˈskʌlpt/ uncommon

verb

1.

create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

  • “sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”
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2.

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”
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Origin

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

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