Meanings
verbsculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)
present singular third person sculpts · participle present sculpting · participle past sculpted · past sculpted
nounsculpt (plural sculpts)
plural sculpts
- computer graphicsA modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcreate by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsculpō“to cut out, carve in stone”
- Frenchsculpter
- Englishsculpt
From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō (“to cut out, carve in stone”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вая, извайвам
- вая (vaja)be a sculptor
- извайвам (izvajvam)be a sculptor
Catalan esculpir
- esculpirbe a sculptor
Esperanto skulpti
- skulptibe a sculptor
French sculpter
- sculpterbe a sculptor
German bildhauerisch gestalten, bildhauerisch tätig sein
- bildhauerisch gestaltenbe a sculptor
- bildhauerisch tätig seinbe a sculptor
- formenbe a sculptor
- meißelnbe a sculptor
Hungarian szobrászkodni
- szobrászkodnibe a sculptor
Latin sculpō
- sculpōbe a sculptor
Māori whakairo
- whakairobe a sculptor
Polish rzeźbić, wyrzeźbić
- rzeźbićbe a sculptor
- wyrzeźbićbe a sculptor
Portuguese esculpir
- esculpirbe a sculptor
Russian ваять, лепить
- ваять (vajatʹ)be a sculptor
- лепить (lepitʹ)be a sculptor
Spanish esculpir
- esculpirbe a sculptor
Swedish skulptera
- skulpterabe a sculptor
Turkish oymak, yontmak
- oymakbe a sculptor
- yontmakbe a sculptor
Cite this entry
APA
sculpt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sculpt
MLA
“sculpt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sculpt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sculpt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sculpt.
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