SCULPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sculpt mean? 

• SCULPT (verb)
  The verb SCULPT has 2 senses:

1. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

2. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

  Familiarity information: SCULPT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCULPT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sculpt    ... he / she / it sculpts   
Past simple: sculpted   
Past participle: sculpted   
-ing form: sculpting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

sculpt; sculpture

Context example:

sculpt a swan out of a block of ice

Hypernyms (to "sculpt" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Verb group:

grave; sculpt; sculpture (shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he sculpt his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

sculptor (an artist who creates sculptures)

sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)

sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

grave; sculpt; sculpture

Context example:

She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband

Hypernyms (to "sculpt" is one way to...):

carve (form by carving)

Verb group:

sculpt; sculpture (create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

sculptor (an artist who creates sculptures)

sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)

sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

 Context examples 

PDS 70’s planetary companion has sculpted a transition disc — a protoplanetary disc with a giant “hole” in the centre.

(First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet, ESO)

This energy heats up the surrounding dust and gas, while their stellar winds dramatically erode and sculpt their birthplace.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

But at Ganymede, the relatively slower-moving plasma around Jupiter sculpts the moon's magnetosphere into a long horn-like shape that stretches ahead of the moon in the direction of its orbit.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)

Tectonic pushing and pulling of the lunar crust also sculpt curved hills called lobate scarps and shallow trenches known as graben.

(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)

Also, hold off on having a face-lift (skin) or any treatments or surgery that change the look of your body shape, such as cold sculpting. (If you are considering this, do research first, as some people have had serious problems with this new procedure. Having information is always wise.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)