sculpt
/skʌlpt
/(also sculp)
verb [with object]
Create or represent (something) by carving, casting, or other shaping techniques: sculpting human figures from ivory [no object]: she was teaching him how to sculpt...
- ‘Painting my landscapes and sculpting my figures makes me feel I just might have found heaven on earth,’ she said.
- The handcrafted candy box frames a scene of a boy sculpting the foil wrappers of rationed chocolates into goblets.
- I've gone back to the figure, which I missed, but this time I'm sculpting it, and I like it much better than when I painted it.
Synonyms
carve, model, chisel, sculpture, fashion, form, shape, cast, cut, hew
rare sculp
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French sculpter, from sculpteur 'sculptor'; later regarded as a back-formation from sculptor or sculpture.