SCULPT
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)
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)
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?
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
