sculpt

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verb

1. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
• Syn:
sculpture
• Derivationally related forms:
sculpture (for: sculpture), sculpturer (for: sculpture), sculpture, sculptor
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
• Verb Group:
sculpture, grave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Did he sculpt his major works over a short period of time?
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
• Syn:
sculpture, grave
• Derivationally related forms:
sculpture (for: sculpture), sculpturer (for: sculpture), sculpture, sculptor
• Hypernyms:
carve
• Verb Group:
sculpture
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP