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sculpt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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sculpts Number=Plur lexicographic

sculpt en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.

Forms

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sculpts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sculpted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sculpted Tense=Past lexicographic
sculpting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

resculpt

Relateds

sculptor · sculpture

Translations (23)

bg вая (be a sculptor) · hu szobrászkodni (be a sculptor) · de meißeln (be a sculptor) · de bildhauerisch gestalten (be a sculptor) · hy քանդակել (be a sculptor) · bg извайвам (be a sculptor) · de formen (be a sculptor) · fr sculpter (be a sculptor) · pl wyrzeźbić (be a sculptor) · ca esculpir (be a sculptor) · ru лепить (be a sculptor) · sv skulptera (be a sculptor) · pl rzeźbić (be a sculptor) · nrf stchulpter (be a sculptor) · mi whakairo (be a sculptor) · la sculpō (be a sculptor) · de bildhauerisch tätig sein (be a sculptor) · pt esculpir (be a sculptor) · es esculpir (be a sculptor) · ru ваять (be a sculptor) · eo skulpti (be a sculptor) · tr oymak (be a sculptor) · tr yontmak (be a sculptor)