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Added 4 October 2026

sculpt

/skʌlpt/ verb

In Latin: sculpō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sculpt at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To form by sculpture.
They sculpted a statue out of clay.
To work as a sculptor.
What do you do?-I used to box, but now I sculpt.
To carve out gradually.
Landforms sculpted by the wind.

noun

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

Origin

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

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