"sculpt" in the verb sense
1. sculpt, sculpture
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
"sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
2. sculpt, sculpture, grave
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"
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