noun

1. the art of carving wood, chiseling stone, casting or welding metal, molding clay or wax, etc. into three-dimensional representations, as statues, figures, forms, etc.
2. any work of sculpture, or such works collectively

Etymology: ME < L sculptura < sculptus, pp. of sculpere: see sculptor

transitive verb sculptured -·tured, sculpturing -·tur·ing

1. to cut, carve, chisel, cast, weld, mold, etc. into statues, figures, etc.
2. to represent or portray by means of sculpture
3. to make or form as or like sculpture
4. to decorate with sculpture
5. to change in form by erosion rock sculptured by a river

intransitive verb