sculpt

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Etymology

From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skʌlpt/

Verb

sculpt (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.

3. (transitive) To carve out gradually.

   Landforms sculpted by the wind.

Related terms

• sculptor
• sculpture

Translations

• French: sculpter
• German: bildhauerisch gestalten, bildhauerisch tätig sein, formen, meißeln
• Portuguese: esculpir
• Russian: ваять
• Spanish: esculpir

Noun

sculpt (plural sculpts)

1. (computer graphics) A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.

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