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sculpting

sculpting is the present participle and gerund of sculpt.

Meaning of sculpt

Verb

sculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)

  1. (transitive) To form by sculpture.
    • They sculpted a statue out of clay.
  2. (intransitive) To work as a sculptor.
    • What do you do?
      -I used to box, but now I sculpt.
  3. (transitive) To carve out gradually.
    • Landforms sculpted by the wind.

See all 4 meanings of sculpt

Noun

sculpting (plural sculptings)

  1. The act or product of one who sculpts; sculpture.
    • The paintings and sculptings found in caves such as Lascaux and Altamira in today's France and Spain date from as recent as 9,000 BCE […]2013, Richard Schechner, Performance Studies: An Introduction, page 57

Forms of sculpting

pluralsculptings

Questions about sculpting

What does sculpting mean?
Sculpting means the act or product of one who sculpts; sculpture.
What is sculpting the present participle and gerund of?
Sculpting is the present participle and gerund of sculpt.
What part of speech is sculpting?
Sculpting is a noun.
What is the plural of sculpting?
The plural of sculpting is sculptings.

Words near sculpting in the dictionary

  1. sculptability
  2. sculptable
  3. sculpted
  4. sculpter
  5. sculptile
  6. sculpting
  7. sculptings
  8. sculptitory
  9. sculptor
  10. sculptors
  11. sculptour

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