SCULPT

sculpt, sculpture, grave

(verb) 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”

sculpt, sculpture

(verb) create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; “sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

sculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)

(transitive) To form by sculpture.

(intransitive) To work as a sculptor.

Noun

sculpt (plural sculpts)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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