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Verb: sculpt  skúlpt
  1. Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
    "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
    - sculpture
     
  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"
    - sculpture, grave

Derived forms: sculpted, sculpting, sculpts

See also: sculptor, sculpture

Type of: carve, forge, form, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], shape, work

Encyclopedia: Sculpt